Abe was an opponent of the issuing of the Murayama Statement in 1995.
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Relaying Japan’s acceptance of defeat, Mr Attlee thanked Britain’s allies and her people, saying: “Here at home you have earned rest from the unceasing efforts you have all borne without complaint through so many dark years”.
Shortly after the struggle ended, the U.S. occupied Japan and suppressed any information articles recounting the horror that had occurred.
A roll of the honour of the men – largely from this area – who served in the 135th (Hertfordshire Yeomanary) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Malaya and Singapore, 1942.
The Prime Minister’s speech was reported in full, along with the words of US President Truman to the American people, in which he said: “This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbour”.
“It’s going to be sad but it will be great to remember”. Using those horrifying bombs saved the lives of civilians, prisoners and tens of thousands of soldiers.
Of 50,000 British troops captured more than 12,000 died of starvation and disease.
He spent just under four years in captivity before being liberated in 1945, and went on to live in Stevenage for the remainder of his life.
Under the headline Radar Was War-Winning Weapon, the paper reported that Sir Stafford Cripps, the President of the Board of Trade, had broken a long-standing secret by revealing the role played by radar in the defeat of Nazi Germany, which had surrendered three months earlier.
“We have to remember them all”.
“I can’t blame anyone for that – there was a big cover up and prisoners of war had to sign the Official Secrets Act”.
Men and women from all over the British Empire and Commonwealth made a vital contribution to the Allied victory over Japan.
David Murray, chief executive of the UK’s oldest military charity SSAFA, said: “VJ Day marks one of the most significant moments in our military history“.
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There is also an 11am service today in Shefford High Street and a 9.30am Sunday service at St Peter’s Church in Arlesey, which follows on from two Stotfold services held yesterday evening.
