Editing Liberation Day (Netherlands)

{{Short description|Annual holiday marking end of WWII in Netherlands}}
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{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name  = Liberation Day 
|type          = national
|longtype      = [[National Day]]
|image         = Utrecht corso B.jpg
|caption       = Liberation Day parade in 1960 in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
|official_name = ''Bevrijdingsdag''
|nickname      = 
|observedby    = [[Netherlands]]
|duration      = 1 day
|frequency     = Annual
|scheduling    = same day every 5 years
|date          = 5 May
|celebrations  = [[Music festival]]s
|observances   = 
|relatedto     = Liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation during World War II
}}
[[File:The Girls @ bevrijdingsdag Zwolle (retouched).jpg|thumb|upright|Music festival on Liberation Day 2008 in [[Zwolle]]]]

'''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> It follows the [[Remembrance of the Dead]] (''Dodenherdenking'') on 4 May.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bomhard |first=Susanne |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/307462650 |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 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1121204485 |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 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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.

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.

==See also==
* [[Battle of the Netherlands]]
* [[Netherlands in World War II#Liberation|Liberation of the Netherlands]]
* [[Liberation Day]]
* [[Liberation of Arnhem]]
* [[Marine memorial]]
* [[Victory in Europe Day]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category inline|Liberation Day (Netherlands)}} 
* [http://www.4en5mei.nl Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei] {{In lang|nl}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/liberation-of-holland "WWII: Liberation of the Netherlands"]—''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103433/http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=70 1st Polish Armoured division liberating Netherlands]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103453/http://www.memorial-montormel.org/?id=71 4th Canadian Armoured division liberating Netherlands]

{{Public holidays in the Netherlands}}

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[[Category:History of Wageningen]]
[[Category:May observances]]
[[Category:National days]]
[[Category:Public holidays in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Spring (season) in the Netherlands]]
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