Liberation Day

Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, the fall of an oppressive regime, as in Portugal, or the end of an occupation by another state, as in the Netherlands, thereby differing from independence in the meaning of secession from another country.

List

Country	Date	Year	Event	Name of holiday
Abkhazia	September 30	1993	End of the war with Georgia and the beginning of de facto independence
Afghanistan	February 15	1989	Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Albania	November 29	1944	Liberation from Nazi Germany	Dita e Çlirimit or Liberation Day
Bangladesh	December 16	1971	Liberation from Pakistan	Bijoy Dibosh in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India's West Bengal, or Victory Day
Belarus	July 3	1944	Liberation from Nazi Germany	Republic Day or Independence Day
Bulgaria	March 3	1878	Liberation from the Ottoman Empire	Liberation Day
Cambodia	January 7	1979	Liberation from the Khmer Rouge	Victory Day
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	May 17	1997	Coup led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila following the First Congo War	Liberation Day
Cuba	January 1	1959	Cuban Revolution under the leadership of Fidel Castro	Triunfo de la Revolución or Triumph of the Revolution
Czech Republic	May 8	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany	Den vítězství or Den osvobození, or Victory Day or Liberation Day
Denmark	May 5	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany	Danmarks befrielse or Liberation Day (no public holiday)
Ethiopia	May 5	1941	Liberation from Italy	Arbegnoch Qen or Patriots' Day
Falkland Islands	June 14	1982	Liberation from Argentina
France	August 25	1944	Liberation from Nazi Germany
Guam	July 21	1944	Liberation from Japan^[1]^[2]^[3]
Guernsey	May 9	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany^[4]	Liberation Day
Hong Kong	Last Monday in August	1945	Liberation from Japan, celebrated between 1945-1996 (no longer a general holiday as of 1997)	Liberation Day
India	December 19 (Goa only)	1961	Liberation of Goa from Portugal
Italy	April 25	1945	General insurrection in Northern Italy by the Italian Resistance Movement, end of Benito Mussolini's regime and Nazi occupation (known locally as Liberazione)
Jersey	May 9	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany^[5]	Liberation Day
Korea, North / Korea, South	August 15	1945	Liberation from Japan
Kuwait	February 26	1991	Liberation from Iraq
Lebanon	May 25	2000	Withdrawal of the Israeli Forces from Lebanon	Liberation Day
Libya	October 23	2011	Muammar Gaddafi killed, ending the Libyan civil war
Macedonia	October 11	1941	Uprising day in Macedonia, the beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia
Mali	November 19	1968	End of Modibo Keïta's regime
Netherlands	May 5	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany	Bevrijdingsdag or Liberation Day
Nicaragua	July 19	1979	Nicaraguan Revolution
Northern Mariana Islands	July 4	1945	Liberation from Japan
Norway	May 8	1945	Liberation from Nazi Germany
Portugal	April 25	1974	Fall of the Estado Novo fascist regime (known locally as Revolução dos Cravos)
Rwanda	July 4	1994	Defeat of the genocidal regime by the RPF
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	April 25	1982	Liberation from Argentina
Togo	January 13	1967	Military coup under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema
Turkey	August 30	1922	End of Turkish War of Independence
Uganda	January 26	1986	End of Tito Okello's regime and the capture of power by the Museveni regime
Ukraine	October 28	1944	Liberation from Nazi Germany completed as Red Army captures Chop
Vietnam	April 30	1975	End of Vietnam War (also known as Reunification Day)