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Victory Day [a 1] is a holiday that commemorates the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time ).
April 9th (Danish: 9. april) is a 2015 Danish war film directed by Roni Ezra, and starring Pilou Asbæk and Lars Mikkelsen. The film depicts the German invasion of Denmark which commenced on 9 April 1940 and follows a Danish bicycle infantry company sent as a vanguard to slow down the German advance until reinforcements can arrive.
- 22 million kr.
- 12 March 2015
- Jonas Struck
The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color war film filmed in Panavision, based on the 1966 book of the same name co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, a member of the brigade.
- The Devil's Brigade, 1966 novel, by Robert H. Adleman and George Walton
- David L. Wolper
Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, and Dean Jagger also appear in supporting roles.
1900 – Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) 1901–present. 1907 – Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978) 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, German politician (d. 1974) 1908 – Billy Jurges, American baseball player and manager; 1909 – Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)
May 9, 2023 · By Dan Bilefsky , Anton Troianovski and Neil MacFarquhar. May 9, 2023. Victory Day, celebrating the Soviet Union’s vanquishing of Nazi Germany in 1945, is Russia’s most important secular ...
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
