‘VE Day was not the end of the war,’ led one article today.

Indeed, it was not, the war in Asia continued. It was not even the end of the violence in Europe. Across Europe, hundreds of thousands more people were to die. In some cases, perhaps the killings would be seen as a just punishment for the atrocities those killed had committed. In other cases, the cold-blooded slaughter of men, women and children was a further war crime to add to the litany of those already committed.

In France, …