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<div>{{Short description|Annual holiday marking end of WWII in Netherlands}}<br />
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{{Infobox holiday<br />
|holiday_name = Liberation Day <br />
|type = national<br />
|longtype = [[National Day]]<br />
|image = Utrecht corso B.jpg<br />
|caption = Liberation Day parade in 1960 in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]<br />
|official_name = ''Bevrijdingsdag''<br />
|nickname = <br />
|observedby = [[Netherlands]]<br />
|duration = 1 day<br />
|frequency = Annual<br />
|scheduling = same day every 5 years<br />
|date = 5 May<br />
|celebrations = [[Music festival]]s<br />
|observances = <br />
|relatedto = Liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation during World War II<br />
}}<br />
[[File:The Girls @ bevrijdingsdag Zwolle (retouched).jpg|thumb|upright|Music festival on Liberation Day 2008 in [[Zwolle]]]]<br />
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'''Liberation Day''' ({{langx|nl|Bevrijdingsdag}} {{IPA|nl|bəˈvrɛidɪŋzˌdɑx||Nl-Bevrijdingsdag.ogg}}) is a [[Public holidays in the Netherlands|public holiday in the Netherlands]] to mark the end of the [[Netherlands in World War II|Nazi occupation]] of the country during the Second World War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public to return to Remembrance Day, Liberation Day events this year |url=https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/23/public-return-remembrance-day-liberation-day-events-year |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=NL Times |publisher= |date=23 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kozak |first1=Jackie |title=Town recognizes Netherlands Liberation Day |url=https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/town-recognizes-netherlands-liberation-day-3757697 |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=Bradford Today |date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Celebrated on May 5th, it follows the [[Remembrance of the Dead]] (''Dodenherdenking'') on 4 May.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bomhard |first=Susanne |title=At home in Holland : a practical guide for living in the Netherlands. |date=2009 |publisher=Eburon |isbn=978-90-5972-286-6 |edition=11th |location=Delft |pages=274 |oclc=307462650}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mathijssen |first1=Brenda |title=Funerary practices in the Netherlands |last2=Venhorst |first2=Claudia |date=2019 |publisher=Emerald Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-78769-873-4 |pages=191 |language=English |oclc=1121204485 }}</ref><br />
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The Netherlands were liberated by [[Canada in World War II#The Low Countries|Canadian forces]], [[British Army during the Second World War#1944|British infantry divisions]], the [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|British I Corps]], the [[1st Polish Armoured Division]], [[Timberwolf Division|American]], [[1st Belgian Infantry Brigade|Belgian]], [[Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade|Dutch]] and [[1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade|Czechoslovak]] troops. Parts of the country, in particular the south-east, were liberated by the [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|British Second Army]] which included American and Polish airborne forces (see [[Operation Market Garden]]) and French airbornes (see [[Operation Amherst]]). On 5 May 1945, at [[Hotel de Wereld]] in [[Wageningen]], [[I Canadian Corps]] commander [[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Charles Foulkes (Canadian Army officer)|Charles Foulkes]] and ''[[25th Army (Wehrmacht)|Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande]]'' commander-in-chief ''[[Generaloberst]]'' [[Johannes Blaskowitz]] reached an agreement on the [[Capitulation (surrender)|capitulation]] of all German forces in the Netherlands. The capitulation document was signed the next day in the auditorium of [[Wageningen University]], located next door.<br />
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After liberation in 1945, Liberation Day was celebrated every five years. In 1990 the day was declared a [[public holiday|national holiday]] when liberation would be remembered and celebrated every year. Festivals are held in most places in the Netherlands with parades of veterans and musical festivals throughout the whole country.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Battle of the Netherlands]]<br />
* [[Netherlands in World War II#Liberation|Liberation of the Netherlands]]<br />
* [[Liberation Day]]<br />
* [[Liberation of Arnhem]]<br />
* [[Marine memorial]]<br />
* [[Victory in Europe Day]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Commons category inline|Liberation Day (Netherlands)}} <br />
* [http://www.4en5mei.nl Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei] {{In lang|nl}}<br />
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland "WWII: Liberation of the Netherlands"]—''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]''<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103433/http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=70 1st Polish Armoured division liberating Netherlands]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103453/http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=71 4th Canadian Armoured division liberating Netherlands]<br />
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{{Public holidays in the Netherlands}}<br />
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[[Category:Annual events in the Netherlands]]<br />
[[Category:Battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom|L]]<br />
[[Category:History of Wageningen]]<br />
[[Category:May observances]]<br />
[[Category:National days]]<br />
[[Category:Public holidays in the Netherlands]]<br />
[[Category:Spring (season) in the Netherlands]]<br />
[[Category:Wageningen]]<br />
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