Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is celebrated each year on May 5 in the Netherlands to mark the end of the German occupation during the Second World War. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The nation was liberated largely by Canadian troops. On May 5, 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an oral agreement on the capitulation of Germany in Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen. One day later, the capitulation document was signed in the auditorium of the Agricultural University located next to the hotel. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... General Charles Foulkes, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD, LL.D (January 3, 1903 - September 12, 1969) was a Canadian soldier. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capitulation (Lat. ... Wageningen is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ...

After the liberation in 1945 the decision was made that Liberation Day was going to be celebrated every 5 years. Only in 1990, the day was declared a national holiday, on which the liberation would be commemorated and celebrated annually.

On May 4 the Dutch remember the people who have fought for and died during World War II, and wars in general. There is a remembrance gathering in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam and at the National Monument on the Dam Square in Amsterdam. Throughout the country two minutes of silence are held at 8 p.m.. On May 5 the liberation is celebrated and festivals are held in most places. May 4 is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... On May 4 in the Netherlands the dead of World War II are remembered. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Nieuwe Kerk is a landmark church in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... National Monument, with the Hotel Krasnapolsky in the right background. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ...

See also

• Liberation day
• Remembrance of the dead - The Netherlands
• Public holidays in the Netherlands
• Victory in Europe Day
• Second World War

Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. ... On May 4 in the Netherlands the dead of World War II are remembered. ... Holidays in the Netherlands: Categories: | | ... Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

External links

• - Canada and Holland The liberation of Holland with photos and video footage.
• Official site of Remembrance and Liberation day (Dutch)
• English summary on official site
• First Polish armoured division liberating Netherlands
• 4th Canadian armoured division liberating Netherlands