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Victory Day

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 the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may observe the same holiday, with the most prominent united celebrations occurring in states that comprised the Allies of World War II, celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.

People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill's victory speech and celebrate Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945

List

¹ Countries celebrating the same Victory Day of the Soviet Union
² Countries celebrating the same Victory Day over Pakistan
³ Countries celebrating the same Victory in Europe Day of the Allies of World War II

StateHolidayDateObservedRelationshipRef.
 AfghanistanMujahideen Victory Day28 April1992–presentSoviet–Afghan War[1]
 AlgeriaVictory Day of Algeria [ar]19 March1962–presentAlgerian War[2]
 ArmeniaVictory Day¹9 May1995–presentWorld War II[3]
 AzerbaijanVictory Day8 November2020–present2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War[4]
 BangladeshVijay Dibas²16 December1971–presentBangladesh Liberation War[5]
 BelarusVictory Day¹9 May1945–presentWorld War II[6]
 Bosnia–HerzegovinaVictory Day¹9 MayWorld War II
 ChinaVictory over Japan Day3 September1946–presentWorld War II[7][8]
 CroatiaVictory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day5 August2003–presentCroatian War of Independence[9]
 FranceVictory in Europe Day³8 May1945–presentWorld War II
 EstoniaVõidupüha23 June1934–1939; 1992–presentEstonian War of Independence[10]
 GeorgiaVictory Day¹9 May1945–presentWorld War II
 IndiaVijay Diwas²16 December1972–presentIndo-Pakistani War of 1971[11]
Kargil Vijay Diwas26 July2000–presentIndo-Pakistani War of 1999[12]
 IsraelVictory in Europe Day (Israeli)³9 May2018–presentWorld War II[13]
 IraqVictory Day10 December2017–presentVictory over Daesh ISIS
 KazakhstanVictory Day¹9 May1945–presentWorld War II[14]
 KyrgyzstanVictory Day¹9 May1945–presentWorld War II
 MaltaVictory Day8 SeptemberGreat Siege of Malta, French blockade, World War II[15]
 MoldovaVictory Day¹9 May1945–presentWorld War II[16]
 MozambiqueLusaka Accord Day7 September1975–presentMozambican War of Independence[17]
 NetherlandsLiberation Day5 May1990–presentWorld War II
 North KoreaDay of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War27 July1973–presentKorean War[18]
 PolandVictory Day¹9 May1945–2014World War II[19]
Victory in Europe Day³8 May2015–presentWorld War II[19]
 RussiaVictory Day¹9 May1995–presentWorld War II[citation needed]
 SerbiaVictory Day¹9 May1995–presentWorld War II[citation needed]
 Sri LankaVictory Day18 May2010–2014Sri Lankan Civil War[20]
Remembrance Day18 May2015–presentSri Lankan Civil War[20]
 TurkeyVictory Day30 August1926–presentTurkish War of Independence[21]
 UkraineVictory Day¹9 May1991–2015World War II[22]
Victory Day over Nazism in World War II9 May2016–2023World War II[22]
Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 19458 May2023–presentWorld War II[22]
 United KingdomVictory in Europe Day³8 May1945–presentWorld War II[citation needed]
 VietnamReunification Day30 April1976–presentVietnam War[22]

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