Nigeria, Sept. 5 -- The world has in the last three months witnessed 80th anniversary victory parades, military displays, and street, garden, town hall, club and pub parties. They began in several European countries on May 5 and ended in Vietnam this Tuesday, September 2, 2025. These victories, 80 years ago, are separate, but interrelated. One gave birth to the other but the celebrants are quite different.

The celebrations in Europe were, theoretically, to mark the end of the Second World War. But in reality, they were celebrations to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany. So, in truth, that 1940-45 international conflagration was not a World War, but primarily an all-European war to control the universe, hold on to colonies and exploit the re...