Germans in Berlin are celebrating a public holiday to mark the end of the Second World War for the very first time.
VE Day celebrations: In pictures 1/25 VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.
A teenage Princess Elizabeth danced in jubilation on VE Day after slipping into the crowds unnoticed outside Buckingham Palace.
PA 7/25 Huge crowds at Whitehall, London, celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago.
Getty Images 21/25 Ecstatic crowds celebrating VE Day in London's Piccadilly, at the end of World War II, 8th May 1945.
Getty Images 1/25 VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe. »