Gave our today for your tomorrow

Sixty five years ago today marked the end of the Second World War.  The anniversary is officially known as JV Day(Victory in Japan), as this is when Japan conceded defeat by the Allies.

Charles, the Prince of Wales -- eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and next in line to the British throne -- together with Prime Minister David Cameron, laid wreaths at a memorial service held at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall. 

30,000 British and allied young men died in the Far East during the Second World War, many in terrible Japanese concentration camps.

I watched the ceremony on TV at home in Prague, where I returned last night (sorry for not blogging yesterday), and was particularly moved by hearing the famous quote: "We gave our today for your tomorrow".

Had these lives not been lost and Germany and Japan allowed to win the war, it is unlikely that we would be alive today, unlikely that Israel would exist, and unlikely you would have been born.  We must salute them and never forget.