Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II...
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holidays on the day each year, also called Victory Over Fascism Day, Liberation Day, or Victory Day. In the UK it is often abbreviated to VE Day, a term which...
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was "World War II Memorial Day." The holiday celebrates the conclusion of World War II and is related to Victory over Japan Day in the United Kingdom and...
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Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or...
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Victory Day 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...
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embracing and kissing a total stranger—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945. The photograph...
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Forces Day (Chinese: 軍人節) is celebrated in the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan on 3 September, on the same day as their Victory over Japan Day (1945)...
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Public holidays in Vietnam (redirect from Dien Bien Phu Victory Day)
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among...
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in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day. However, that designation more frequently refers to the date of...
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V Day or V-Day may refer to: V-Day, or Victory Day, a military designation of days and hours V Day (film), an Irish COVID-19 documentary film V-Day (movement)...
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Victory Day parade was a military parade held along Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, on 3 September 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan...
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when National Liberation Day is celebrated. August 15 is celebrated by many countries as Victory Over Japan Day, the day Japan's emperor announced the country's...
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of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the...
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American involvement in the war, from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February...
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bombing. Victory over Japan Day The date of Double Strike, which is the beginning of Mainland Air Strike. The Archipelago Landing Operation is over. "Figures...
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parade to 24 June (anniversary of the Moscow Victory Day Parade of 1945), 2 September (Victory over Japan Day), or 7 November in replacement of the Memorial...
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celebrations. 14 and 15 August are commemorated as Victory over Japan Day in many Allied countries. Japan's sudden surrender after the unexpected use of atomic...
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dancer. She was named Valerie Jill in honour of the day she was born, Victory over Japan Day or V.J. Day. She took ballet lessons at the Sadler's Wells Ballet...
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Fatherland Day), May 9 (Victory Day), June 22 (start of Operation Barbarossa), August 23 (start of the Battle of Stalingrad), September 2 (Victory over Japan Day)...
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States) National Day (Vietnam) Sedantag (German Empire, defunct) Victory over Japan Day (United States) September 3 China's victory over Japan commemoration...
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Days of Military Honour (redirect from Anniversary of the Victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice, 1242)
of Gangut, 1714; 23 August – victory over Germany in the Battle of Kursk, 1943; 3 September – the day of victory over Japan and the end of World War II...
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Independence Day (India) Independence Day (Republic of the Congo) National Day (Liechtenstein) National Mourning Day (Bangladesh) Victory over Japan Day (United...
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Phu and Navy Day August 19, August Revolution Day and People's Public Security Day September 2, Independence Day and Victory Over Japan Day October 10,...
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Public holidays in the Philippines (redirect from Flag Day (Philippines))
special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place. Seven of the regular holidays were...
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place over 2 weeks after the Surrender of Japan to the United States and allied forces on 2 September. The parade honored the Soviet victories over the...
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to allow time to transport the votes of those serving overseas. Victory over Japan Day ensued on 15 August. The caretaker government, led by Churchill...
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throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. It filled ground-attack, air-to-air, and even tactical bombing...
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Public holidays in China (redirect from Communist Party of China Founding Day)
Year's Day itself. From 2008 to 2013 it was shifted back by one day to begin on Chinese New Year's Eve. In 2014, New Year's Eve became a working day again...
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orders the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 15: Victory over Japan Day. August 17: Independence of Indonesia proclaimed begin Indonesian...
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holidays in Taiwan Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan Victory over Japan Day Zhongshan Hall "Taiwan's retrocession procedurally clear: Ma". The...
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