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Victory in Europe Day

public holiday commemorating the surrender of Nazi Germany (8 May 1945)
Event public_holiday Q622365
Victory in Europe Day
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Summary

Victory in Europe Day is a public holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of public holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,766 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Instance of: non-working day[4], Victory Day[5]
  • Commons category: VE Day[6]
  • Commemorates: end of World War II in Europe[7]
  • Point in time: May 8, 1945[8]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: May 8[9]
  • Different from: May 8, 1945[10]

Why It Matters

Victory in Europe Day has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Czech Republic Elizabeth II France George VI

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → v-e-day-1945
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: v-e-day-1945, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966499|v e day 1945 (#289966499)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → public holiday, non-working day, Victory Day
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565906405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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