The Colosseum or Coliseum (/kÉlÉËsiËÉm/ kol-É-SEE-Ém), also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio [amfiteËaËtro ËflaËvjo] or Colosseo [kolosËsÉËo]), is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy.n the Middle Ages, the Colosseum was not regarded as a monument, and was used as what some modern sources label a quarry, which is to say that stones from the Colosseum were taken for the building of other sacred sites.
08 May 1945. Tuesday 8 May 1945 was Victory in Europe (VE) Day, and it marked the formal conclusion of Hitler's war. With it came the end of six years of misery, suffering, courage and endurance across the world. Photo: People dance in the streets of London on VE Day, 8 May 1945. (Getty Images)
Facts and Summary, V-E Day, also written VE Day: V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. In the Soviet Union it was called simply Victory Day and still goes by that name in states of the former USSR. Some early reports in the West also called the day V-Day, but V-E was more accurate, as the war still continued in the Pacific Theater. Today in France the day is called World War II Victory Day. V-E Day was observed on May 8, 1945 in Great Britain, Western Europe, the United States and Australia, and on May 9 in the Soviet Union and New Zealand. V-E Day commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.