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Who first established the "V" sign, for victory, in World War II?

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Who first established the "V" sign, for victory, in World War II?
posted Apr 9, 2018 by Babita Thawani

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Belgian politician and tennis Olympian, Victor de Laveleye
In addition to his political duties as an MP and Minister, de Lavaleye headed and was newsreader for Radio Belgique, a BBC station transmitting to occupied Belgium. He promoted the symbol, which stood for both victoire ("victory" in French) and vrijheid ("freedom" in Dutch). It became a campaign throughout Belgium, northern France and the Netherlands, and Churchill later famously adopted and promoted it.

answer Jul 26, 2018 by Vikram Luthra
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