Introduction The Restoration of Sovereignty Day (主権回復の日, Shuken kaifuku no hi) is a new public commemorative event on 28 April, proposed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in 2012 and first formally celebrated in 2013. It marks the end of the American occupation of Japan on 28 April 1952. It has been described as “part… Read More
Introduction National Veterans’ Day (Finnish: kansallinen veteraanipäivä, Swedish: nationella veterandagen) is a remembrance day for all the war veterans of Finland. It is celebrated each year on 27 April. Background According to the Moscow Armistice, Finland was obliged to demand all German troops to leave Finland by 15 September 1944, which was technically impossible. The… Read More
Introduction The Day of Uprising Against Occupation (dan upora proti okupatorju) is a Slovenian state holiday, and work-free. Background Formerly Liberation Front Day (dan Osvobodilne fronte), marks the establishment in 1941 of the Anti-Imperialist Front to fight “imperialists”, later renamed the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Croatian partition and annexation of… Read More
Introduction Liberation Day (Italian: Festa della liberazione), also known as the Anniversary of Italy’s Liberation (Anniversario della Liberazione d’Italia), Anniversary of the Resistance (Anniversario della Resistenza), or simply 25 April (25 aprile) is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic,… Read More
Introduction Carl Iver Hovland (12 June 1912 to 16 April 1961) was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and for the US Army during World War II who studied attitude change and persuasion. He first reported the sleeper effect after studying the effects of the Frank Capra’s propaganda film Why We Fight on soldiers… Read More
Introduction Brigadier-General Paul Triquet VC, CD, (02 April 1910 to 08 August 1980), born in Cabano, Quebec, was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Triquet held the rank of captain… Read More
Introduction Lieutenant Colonel Robert George Cole (19 March 1915 to 18 September 1944) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honour for his actions in the days following the D-Day Normandy invasion of World War II. Early US Army Career Robert G. Cole was born at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas,… Read More
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