Liberation Day (Netherlands)
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Parade on Liberation Day 1960 in Utrecht
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| Official name | Bevrijdingsdag |
| Observed by | Netherlands |
| Type | National Day |
| Celebrations | Music festivals |
| Date | 5 May |
| Next time | 5 May 2017 |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | Liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation during World War II |
In the Netherlands, Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is celebrated each year on May the 5th to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The nation was liberated largely by the First Canadian Army, which included in addition to Canadian forces the British I Corps, and the 1st Polish Armoured Division, as well as, at various times, American, Belgian, Dutch and Czechoslovak troops. Parts of the country, in particular the south-east, were liberated by the British Second Army, which included American and Polish airborne forces, (see Operation Market Garden) and French airbornes (see Operation Amherst). On 5 May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen. One day later, the capitulation document was signed in the auditorium of Wageningen University, located next door.
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