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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.
Victory Day [a 1] is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union 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).
Lundi de Pâques: Monday after Easter Sunday (one day after Easter Sunday) 1 May: Labour Day: Fête du Travail: 8 May: Victory Day: Victoire 1945: End of hostilities in Europe in World War II moveable: Ascension Day: Ascension: Thursday, 39 days after Easter Sunday moveable: Whit Monday: Lundi de Pentecôte
Karl Dönitz appointed Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk as the new de facto Chancellor of Germany, in the Flensburg Government. The U.S. Seventh Army reached Hitler's birthplace of Braunau am Inn, Austria. [3] The Battle of Halbe ended in Soviet victory. Troops of the Yugoslav 4th Army, together with the Slovene 9th Corpus NOV, entered Trieste.
Jour de l'An: movable holiday: Easter Monday: Lundi de Pâques: May 1: International Workers' Day: Fête du Travail: May 8: Victory Day: Fête de la Victoire 1945: movable holiday: Ascension Day: Ascension: movable holiday: Whit Monday: Lundi de Pentecôte: May 27: Abolition Day: Abolition de l'Esclavage: In remembrance of the abolition of ...
While 9 May is the general commemoration of the termination of the Second World War and the allied victory in Europe and North Africa, in Ukraine it is in recent years a triple anniversary aside from Europe Day being marked on said date – 9 May being the date of the 1920 Kyiv Polish-Ukrainian victory parade during the Ukrainian War of Independence, the first ever military parade in modern ...
2 December – French banks (Banque de France, BNCI, CNEP, Crédit Lyonnais and Société Générale) are nationalized. 21 December – André Malraux is appointed minister of information by de Gaulle. Duralex glass tableware manufacturers established in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin. La tennis Bensimon business is founded. [1]
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1949). Histoire de la première armée française [History of the First French Army] (in French). Plon. ISBN 978-2258007055. François de Linares (2005). Par les portes du Nord : la libération de Toulon et Marseille en 1944 [By the Northern Ports: the Liberation of Toulon and Marseilles in 1944] (in French). Paris ...