Many countries celebrate liberation day this time a year, liberation from nazi Germany.

We celebrate Liberation Day today, May 5th, after Commemoration Day on the 4th.
Liberated by Americans, Canadians and British. The world uniting to rid us of the Nazis. Isn't it beautiful how we can seem to work together when the situation calls for it?!
The area I live in was liberated by Canadian and English troops.

9 months later... lot of babies were born ... Talk about cultural cross-pollination, lol.

I don't know if many of that generation grew up without a dad, as daddy had gone back to Canada/America/UK, or if many soldiers took a Dutch wife home.

It's raining cats and dogs, a serious thunderstorm hitting us right now, but still, today is a happy day!

May the 7th, is the day it's celebrated here in the UK, Crystal. VE (victory in Europe) day it's called here!

cinco de mayo (the fifth of may) is a celebration held on may 5th. it is celebrated in the us and mexico, primarily in the state of puebla, where the holiday is called el dia de la batalla de puebla (the day of the battle of puebla). mexican americans also often see the day as a source of pride; one way they can honor their ethnicity is to celebrate this day

the date is observed to commemorate the mexican army's unlikely victory over the french forces. in the us, cinco de mayo is often mistaken to be mexico's independence day - the most important national holiday in mexico - which is celebrated on september the 16th

Didn't know that :)
In a way kind of weird that the dates vary so much, as I read online that the Germans officially surrendered on May 7th.
Having read a bit on it, field marshal Montgomery must have been quite the fella!

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe a lot of Scottish were involved in this area and/or Belgium as well, the battle of the Ardennes I think?

Nice info, thank you, didn't know that :)

Yep, no matter where the British, are fighting, the hairy arsed Scotsmen are right up there in the thick of it! Aye, cos we're mad and love a good fight! ha ha, my mate in the British Army, told me that!

I always understood that the Scottish aren't the ones you wanna rile up. Even the Romans steered clear from you, that was quite something!
In a way not so weird, I think Scottish blood hasn't been thinned so much by other blood as most people in Europe?
It got mixed with Viking/ Norsemen blood, also a ferocious people