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Liberation Day

Holiday marking a country's liberation

Holiday marking a country's liberation

Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the original creation of statehood. It commemorates the end of an occupation (as in the Falkland Islands) or the fall of a regime (as in Portugal) or the liberation from both a foreign occupation and a collaborationist regime (as in France and Italy).

List

CountryDateYearEventName of holiday
Afghanistan1989Soviet Union withdrawal from Afghanistan
Albania1944Liberation from Nazi Germany*Dita e Çlirimit* or Liberation Day
Bangladesh1971Liberation from Pakistan*Bijoy Dibosh* in Bangladesh and *Vijay Diwas* in India's West Bengal, or Victory Day
Belarus1944Liberation from Nazi GermanyRepublic Day or Independence Day
Bulgaria1878Creation of the Principality of BulgariaLiberation Day
Cambodia1979Liberation from the Khmer RougeVictory Day
Congo, Democratic Republic of the1997Takeover of Kinshasa by Laurent-Désiré Kabila following the First Congo WarLiberation Day
Cuba1959Cuban Revolution under the leadership of Fidel Castro*Triunfo de la Revolución* or Triumph of the Revolution
Czech Republic1945Liberation from Nazi Germany*Den osvobození* (Liberation Day)
Denmark1945Liberation from Nazi Germany*Befrielsesdagen* or Liberation Day
*Falkland Islands*1982Liberation from ArgentinaLiberation Day
France1944Liberation from Nazi Germany and the end of the Vichy Regime
Greece1944Liberation from Nazi Germany
*Guam*1944Liberation from JapanLiberation Day
*Guernsey* (Channel Islands)1945Liberation from Nazi GermanyLiberation Day
*Hong Kong*1945Liberation from Japan, celebrated between 1945 and 1996 (no longer a holiday as of 1997)Liberation Day (V-J Day 30 August)
Hungary1945Siege of Budapest, celebrated between 1950 and 1989 (no longer a holiday as of 1990)Liberation Day
India(Goa only)1961Liberation of Goa from PortugalGoa Liberation Day
Indonesia1963United Nations Temporary Executive Authority transferred control of Western New Guinea to Indonesia in accordance with the terms of the New York Agreement following the joint Soviet–Indonesian invasion of Dutch New Guinea. The Act of Free Choice in 1969 would unanimously confirm the Indonesian annexation of the territory.
Israel28 Iyar1967Reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War*Yom Yerushalayim* (Jerusalem Day)
Italy1945The victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culmination of the liberation of Italy from German occupation and of the Italian civil war, in the latter phase of World War II.*Festa della Liberazione*
Iraq2003Baghdad Liberation Day from the Iranian regime and the decisive Iraqi victories that followed."Baghdad Liberation Day"
*Jersey* (Channel Islands)1945Liberation from Nazi GermanyLiberation Day
North Korea
South Korea1945Liberation from JapanGwangbokjeol
Kuwait1991Liberation from Iraq
Lebanon2000Withdrawal of the Israeli Forces from LebanonLiberation Day
Libya2011Muammar Gaddafi killed, ending the 2011 Libyan civil war
North Macedonia1941Uprising Day in North Macedonia, the beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia
Mali1968End of Modibo Keïta's regime
Moldova1944Liberation from Nazi GermanyLiberation Day
Netherlands1945Liberation from Nazi Germany*Bevrijdingsdag* or Liberation Day
Nicaragua1979Nicaraguan Revolution
*Northern Mariana Islands*1945Liberation from Japan
Norway1945Liberation from Nazi Germany
PolandNovember 111918Gained independence from German Empire, Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary in the end of World War I after 123 years of occupation.Dzień Niepodległości (Independence Day)
Portugal1974Fall of the Estado Novo (*New State*) fascist regime: known locally as the Carnation Revolution (*Revolução dos Cravos*)Freedom Day
Rwanda1994Victory of the RPF, ending the Rwandan genocideLiberation Day
Slovakia1945Liberation from Nazi Germany*Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom*
*South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands*1982Liberation from Argentina
Syria2024End of the Ba'athist regime and Assad family ruleLiberation Day
Togo1967Military coup under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema*Jour de la Libération*
Turkey1922End of the Turkish War of IndependenceZafer Bayramı (Victory Day)
Uganda1986End of Tito Okello's regime and the capture of power by the Museveni regime
Ukraine1944Liberation from Nazi Germany completed as Red Army captures ChopLiberation Day (Ukraine)
Vietnam1975"Day of liberating the South for national reunification"Reunification Day

References

References

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  3. Norman Sklarewitz. (10 July 2012). "Guam: Tourist site steeped in military history, to mark Liberation Day". Stars and Stripes.
  4. Leibowitz, Arnold H.. (1989). "Defining Status: A Comprehensive Analysis of United States Territorial Relations". Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
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  7. (26 August 1996). "Hong Kong ceremony foreshadows end of an era". CNN.
  8. (November 5, 1999). "Breaking Free From Betrayal". New Internationalist.
  9. (August 2, 2017). "48 years since the Act of No Choice". Free West Papua Campaign.
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  11. (3 February 2017). "Flag-hoisting ceremony signals start of Kuwait national celebrations of 2017". [[Kuwait Times]].
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  13. "National Events Calendar". Government of Uganda.
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