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Victory in Europe Day
Italy ( 25 April ) `` Festa della Liberazione '' ( Liberation Holiday ) . Denmark ( 4 May ) as `` Befrielsen '' ( The Liberation ) Netherlands ( 5 May ) as `` Bevrijdingsdag '' ( Liberation Day ) United Kingdom : In 1995 the May Day bank holiday was moved from the first Monday in May , 1 May , to Monday 8 May , for that year only , to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War . East Germany as Tag der Befreiung ( Day of Liberation ) , a public holiday from 1950 to 1966 and in 1985 . Between 1975 and 1990 , as Tag des Sieges ( Victory Day ( 9 May ) ) . France as Victoire 1945 . Orléans simultaneously celebrates both V-E Day and the anniversary of the Siege of Orléans being lifted by French forces led by Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War on this date . Slovakia as Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom ( Victory over Fascism Day ) Czech Republic as Den vítězství ( Day of Victory ) or Den osvobození ( Day of Liberation ) Poland as `` Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa '' -- National Victory Day . Norway as `` Frigjøringsdagen '' ( Liberation Day ) `` offisiell flaggdag '' ( official flag day ) not `` helligdager '' ( public holiday ) Ukraine `` День пам'яті та примирення '' ( Memorial Day ) Ukraine ( 9 May ) `` День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні '' ( Victory Day over Nazism in World War II ) -- from 2015 . Georgia ( 9 May ) `` ფაშიზმზე გამარჯვების დღე '' ( Victory over Fascism Day ) Belarus ( 9 May ) `` Дзень Перамогі '' ( Victory Day ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 9 May ) `` Дан побједе '' , `` Dan pobjede '' ( Victory Day ) Russia ( 9 May ) `` День Победы '' ( Victory Day ) Israel ( 9 May ) Victory in Europe Day ( Israel ) Ex-Yugoslavia ( 9 May ) `` Дан победе '' , `` Dan zmage '' ( Victory Day ) Serbia ( 9 May ) `` Дан победе '' ( Victory Day ) Kazakhstan ( 9 May ) as `` Жеңіс күні '' or `` День победы '' ( Victory Day ) British Channel Islands Liberation Days : Jersey and Guernsey ( 9 May ) , Sark ( 10 May ) .
Italy ( 25 April ) `` Festa della Liberazione '' ( Liberation Holiday ) . Denmark ( 4 May ) as `` Befrielsen '' ( The Liberation ) Netherlands ( 5 May ) as `` Bevrijdingsdag '' ( Liberation Day ) United Kingdom : In 1995 the May Day bank holiday was moved from the first Monday in May , 1 May , to Monday 8 May , for that year only , to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War . East Germany as Tag der Befreiung ( Day of Liberation ) , a public holiday from 1950 to 1966 and in 1985 . Between 1975 and 1990 , as Tag des Sieges ( Victory Day ( 9 May ) ) . France as Victoire 1945 . Orléans simultaneously celebrates both V-E Day and the anniversary of the Siege of Orléans being lifted by French forces led by Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War on this date . Slovakia as Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom ( Victory over Fascism Day ) Czech Republic as Den vítězství ( Day of Victory ) or Den osvobození ( Day of Liberation ) Poland as `` Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa '' -- National Victory Day . Norway as `` Frigjøringsdagen '' ( Liberation Day ) `` offisiell flaggdag '' ( official flag day ) not `` helligdager '' ( public holiday ) Ukraine `` День пам'яті та примирення '' ( Memorial Day ) Ukraine ( 9 May ) `` День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні '' ( Victory Day over Nazism in World War II ) -- from 2015 . Georgia ( 9 May ) `` ფაშიზმზე გამარჯვების დღე '' ( Victory over Fascism Day ) Belarus ( 9 May ) `` Дзень Перамогі '' ( Victory Day ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 9 May ) `` Дан побједе '' , `` Dan pobjede '' ( Victory Day ) Russia ( 9 May ) `` День Победы '' ( Victory Day ) Israel ( 9 May ) Victory in Europe Day ( Israel ) Ex-Yugoslavia ( 9 May ) `` Дан победе '' , `` Dan zmage '' ( Victory Day ) Serbia ( 9 May ) `` Дан победе '' ( Victory Day ) Kazakhstan ( 9 May ) as `` Жеңіс күні '' or `` День победы '' ( Victory Day ) British Channel Islands Liberation Days : Jersey and Guernsey ( 9 May ) , Sark ( 10 May ) .