Poll: Half of British Young People Don’t Know What ‘VE Day’ Marks

By Published on May 6, 2015

More than half of young people have no idea that VE Day marks the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, according to a new survey.

The poll found that almost 40 per cent were unable to identify Winston Churchill as the British Prime Minister who famously declared victory in Europe on May 8, 1945.

A worrying seven percent believed it to be US President John F Kennedy, another seven per cent named Margaret Thatcher and four percent said it was Tony Blair.

A further 55 percent of 18-25-year-olds did not know that Poland was the country whose invasion led Britain to declare war on Germany in 1939.

Read the article “Poll: Half of British Young People Don’t Know What ‘VE Day’ Marks” on telegraph.co.uk.

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