133K views · 1.9K reactions | #OnThisDay 1945: The BBC Home Service reported on the "end of the European war" on #VEDay . Listen to the BBC Home Service 9pm radio broadcast from the day, and read along with the news script that was used, hand scribbled edits and all. If you'd like to hear more great archive from VE Day, visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52522965 | BBC Archive | Facebook

Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago, the U.S. remains the only country to have used a nuclear weapon during wartime. The bombings’ survivors, or Hibakusha, still suffer the effects of the atrocity. | AJ