80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread

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80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday's 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day conflict as it celebrates the defeat of ultimate evil.Hitler’s Nazi Germany had finally surrendered after a half-decade of invading other European powers and propagating racial hatred that led to genocide, the Holocaust and the murdering of millions.That surrender and the explosion of hope for a better life is being celebrated with parades in London and Paris and towns across Europe while ..