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Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, the fall of a dictatorship, as in Portugal, or the end of an occupation by another state, as in the Netherlands, thereby differing from original independence day or ...
CountryDateYearEventFebruary 151989Soviet Union withdrawal from AfghanistanNovember 291944December 161971July 31944Jun 19, 2023 · “Throughout history, Juneteenth has been known by many names: Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Liberation Day, Emancipation Day, and today, a national holiday.
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1 day ago · President Biden is joining other European leaders in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that began the liberation of the continent from Nazi occupation in World War 2.
2 days ago · In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead 1 of 11 | FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944.
- The End of Occupation
- One of Norway’s Flag Days
- Norway's Royals Play An Important Role
- The Resistance Movement
On that day in 1945, the people of Norway took to the streets to celebrate their long-awaited freedom. In the following days, soldiers and POWs returned home, and the celebrations continued. Following the surrender of National Socialist Germany, German forces in Norway were sent back to Germany. The Allies feared that the German army in Norway woul...
While not a public holiday, Liberation Day is an official flag day. You can expect to see the Norwegian flag flying high on all public buildings and from many private houses and apartment balconies. The first time the day became a flag day was in 1960, when the government decided to mark the 15th anniversary of the end of the war. That same year, a...
The day is also marked with speeches and events throughout the country. The Norwegian Royal Familyhas a long tradition of participation in such events. Of course, this year's events cannot take place as normal because of the coronavirus restrictions. But that won't stop many people marking the occasion privately. Two years ago, King Harald took par...
While conventional armed resistance to the occupation ended after just a couple of months, an underground resistance movement operated throughout the occupation period. The resistance took the form of military defence and counter-attacks, in part to allow the legitimate government of Norway to evade capture and escape to London. There was also arme...
1 day ago · Watch: Biden speaks at D-Day Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony. by The Hill Staff - 06/06/24 6:00 AM ET. In observance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Biden delivered an address from ...
2 days ago · Watch as Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony with world leaders marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany occupation on Thursday, 6 June.
