I heard a good VE-day podcast episode on 'Past is Prologue', examining how we commemorate the victory, and how that has changed over time and differs among countries (United States, Britain, Russia, France, Poland, and Germany).
Now I want to watch a classic movie mentioned in this episode: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-memories-of-wwii-and-war-on-memory/id1677614653?i=1000705696968
