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)
“When a man grows old his joy
Grows more deep day after day,
His empty heart is full at length
But he has need of all that strength
Because of the increasing Night
That opens her mystery and fright.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)