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Kai Arzheimer May 9, 2025

I haven't seen any new data on the partisan breakdown, but it probably looks quite similar #may8
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/for-germany-may-8-is-a-day-of-liberation-not-of-surrender/

For Germany, May 8 is a day of liberation, not of surrender - kai arzheimer

On May the 8th 1945, the Wehrmacht surrendered, bringing the war in Europe and the terror reign of the Nazis to an end.1 40 years later, then-president

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Today in History May 8, 2025

May 8

This day in history:

1516 – A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
1957 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
1788 – King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.

Births:

1912 – George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
1963 – Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer

Deaths:

2019 – Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013 (b. 1972)
535 – Pope John II
1972 – Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)

Holidays:

Miguel Hidalgo's birthday (Mexico)
Truman Day (Missouri)
Furry Dance (Helston, UK)

Random Article of the day:

National Museum of Peruvian Culture

The National Museum of Peruvian Culture (Spanish: Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana), formerly the National Archaeology Museum (Spanish: Museo de Arqueología Nacional), is a museum dedicated to Peruvian culture in Lima, Peru.

May 8 - Wikipedia

Dag May 8, 2025

Zelenskyj setter skapet på plass. Mens Russland feierer slutten på den tyske okkupasjonen med en militærparade samtidig som de selv har okkupert et naboland med en militær invasjone, og daglige krigsforbrytelser, går Zelenskyj på gaten og tar en selfie.

https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/mP9ad4/volodymyr-zelenskyj-med-episk-utskjelling-av-vladimir-putin

#Norsktut #8May #May8

Zelenskyj filmet 8.mai-tale som selfievideo fra gaten i Kyiv: – Episk utskjelling av Putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyj raste torsdag mot «paradeondskap» i Moskva. Den ukrainske presidenten filmet seg selv og delte ut klemmer og selfier til forbipasserende i Kyiv.

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Paul May 8, 2025

Today it has been 80 years since the liberation from fascist Nazi-Germany. That's a long time, and at the same time probably many survivors of that war would have thought it would take longer for fascism to return so prominently. Let us not forget that values like everyone's equal value and dignity don't defend themselves!

#NeverAgain #May8 #LiberationDay