Liberation Day Explained

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 creation of statehood.

List

CountryDateYearEventName of holiday
Afghanistan1989Soviet Union withdrawal from AfghanistanLiberation Day
Albania1944Liberation from Nazi GermanyDita e Çlirimit or Liberation Day
Bangladesh1971Liberation from PakistanBijoy Dibosh in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India's West Bengal, or Victory Day
Belarus1944Liberation from Nazi GermanyRepublic Day or Independence Day
Bulgaria[1] 1878Creation of the Principality of BulgariaLiberation Day
Cambodia1979Liberation from the Khmer RougeVictory Day
1997Takeover of Kinshasa by Laurent-Désiré Kabila following the First Congo War[2] Liberation Day
Cuba1959Cuban Revolution under the leadership of Fidel CastroTriunfo de la Revolución or Triumph of the Revolution
Czech Republic1945Liberation from Nazi GermanyDen vítězství (Victory Day), until 2004 called Den osvobození (Liberation Day)
Ethiopia1941Liberation from ItalyArbegnoch Qen or Patriots' Day
1982Liberation from ArgentinaLiberation Day
France1944Liberation from Nazi Germany and the end of the Vichy Regime
Greece1944
Guam1944Liberation from Japan[3] [4] [5] Liberation Day
(Channel Islands)1945Liberation from Nazi Germany[6] Liberation Day
Hungary1945Siege of Budapest, celebrated between 1950 and 1989 (no longer a holiday as of 1990)Liberation Day
Hong Kong1945Liberation from Japan,[7] celebrated between 1945 and 1996 (no longer a holiday as of 1997)Liberation Day (V-J Day 30 August)
India (Goa only)1961Liberation of Goa from PortugalGoa Liberation Day
Israel28 Iyar1967Reuinfication of Jerusalem in the Six-Day WarYom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
Italy1945Liberation from Nazi Germany and the end of the collaborationist Fascist regime of the Italian Social RepublicFesta della Liberazione
(Channel Islands)1945Liberation from Nazi Germany[8] Liberation Day
/ 1945Liberation from JapanGwangbokjeol
Kuwait1991Liberation from Iraq[9]
Lebanon2000Withdrawal of the Israeli Forces from LebanonLiberation Day
Libya2011Muammar Gaddafi killed, ending the 2011 Libyan civil war
1941Uprising day in North Macedonia, the beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia
Mali1968End of Modibo Keïta's regime
1944Liberation from Nazi GermanyLiberation Day (Moldova)
Netherlands1945Liberation from Nazi GermanyBevrijdingsdag or Liberation Day
Nicaragua1979Nicaraguan Revolution
Northern Mariana Islands1945Liberation 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
1945Liberation from Nazi GermanyDeň víťazstva nad fašizmom
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands1982Liberation from Argentina
Togo1967Military coup under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema[10] Jour de la Libération
Turkey1922End of the Turkish War of IndependenceZafer Bayramı (Victory Day)
Uganda[11] 1986End 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)
1975"Day of liberating the South for national reunification"Reunification Day

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mrŭchkov, Vasil. Labour Law in Bulgaria. 120. Kluwer Law International. 2011. 978-9-041-13616-9.
  2. Web site: Liberation Day in DR Congo in 2021 . Office Holidays . January 4, 2021 . en.
  3. News: Guam: Tourist site steeped in military history, to mark Liberation Day . Norman Sklarewitz . Stars and Stripes . 10 July 2012 . 24 February 2013 . 23 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123052733/http://guam.stripes.com/travel/guam-tourist-site-steeped-military-history-mark-liberation-day . dead .
  4. Book: Leibowitz, Arnold H. . Defining Status: A Comprehensive Analysis of United States Territorial Relations . 24 February 2012 . 1989 . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers . 9780792300694 . 324 .
  5. Book: Manchester, William . Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War . 24 February 2012 . 2008 . Hachette Digital, Inc. . 9780316054638 . 218 .
  6. Web site: Guernsey . Historic UK . Ben . Johnson . September 18, 2018 .
  7. News: Hong Kong ceremony foreshadows end of an era . 18 June 2022 . CNN . 26 August 1996 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618032438/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/26/hong.kong.liberation/index.html . 18 June 2022 . live .
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511055409/http://jersey.com/English/aboutjersey/history/liberationday/Pages/default.aspx . 2012-05-11 . .
  9. News: Flag-hoisting ceremony signals start of Kuwait national celebrations of 2017 . 3 February 2017 . . 25 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203194108/http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/flag-hoisting-ceremony-signals-start-kuwait-national-celebrations-2017/ . 3 February 2017 . dead .
  10. Web site: Liberation Day in Togo / January 13, 2020 . AnydayGuide . September 14, 2020.
  11. Web site: National Events Calendar. 25 January 2017. Government of Uganda.

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