VICTORY DAY
May 9th
is a very popular holiday in Russia.
Everyone knows that the 9th
of May
represents Victory Day, but not everyone understands that even after May 9th
, 1945, World
War II was still being fought.
May 9th
represents Victory in...
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VICTORY DAY
May 9th
is a very popular holiday in Russia.
Everyone knows that the 9th
of May
represents Victory Day, but not everyone understands that even after May 9th
, 1945, World
War II was still being fought.
May 9th
represents Victory in Europe Day, but war was still being
waged in Asia against Japan until August 15th
, 1945 (August 14th
in the United States at the
time).
This day is known as “V-J Day” in the United States.
World War II was a complicated war which
involved a number of changing alliances.
Officially
World War II took place from 1939 to 1945, and it
was fought primarily by two large military alliances.
These two alliances were known as the Axis Powers
and the Allied Powers.
The Axis Powers were
comprised primarily of Nazi Germany, the Kingdom
of Italy, and the Empire of Japan, with Hungary,
Romania, and Bulgaria also fighting against the
Allies.
Finland, San Marino, and Iraq were not
officially part of the Axis Powers, but they
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