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Allied military regimes in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso have now applied their African sovereigntist vision to their biggest export, gold.

Though in hindsight Göring’s conviction seems inevitable, many of the Allied leaders had initially preferred summary execution to prevent the Nazis from gaining any kind of sympathy.

VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

Japan's aim was to cut off the Allied supply line to China.

The King also spoke of the British, Commonwealth and Allied forces who continued to fight for months after the war in Europe had ended.