Victory Day is a common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
Read more about Victory Day: January 7 in Cambodia, April 30 in Vietnam, May 7 in Vietnam, May 8 in Europe, May 9 in The Former Soviet Union, May 18 in Sri Lanka, June 23 in Estonia, August 5 in Croatia, August 30 in Turkey, September 7 in Mozambique, September 8 in Malta, September 8 in Pakistan, December 16 in Bangladesh, Victory Day in Other Countries, Other Observances
Famous quotes containing the words victory and/or day:
“It must be a peace without victory.... Victory would mean peace forced upon the losers, a victor’s terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which the terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Singing I was at peace,
Above the clouds, outside the ring:
For sorrow finds a swift release in song
And pride its poise.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)