tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617067506355835944.post4969023596239174246..comments2024-02-17T09:29:22.196+01:00Comments on Sculptor / Painter Kelly Borsheim's Blog: Florence Italy and Liberation DayKelly Borsheim Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069782765023276614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617067506355835944.post-16207058614246685962015-04-26T15:30:53.834+02:002015-04-26T15:30:53.834+02:00hmmm, of course war and even naming stuff is not m...hmmm, of course war and even naming stuff is not my forte'. <br />I am guessing that this perhaps is another situation of the victors writing the history, or at least A history. <br /><br />Two sites (I cannot vouch for verity since I know very little about war, or the accuracy of ... much of anything):<br /><br />http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/italy/liberation-day<br />Liberation of Italia is considered to be April 25, 1945.<br /><br />D-Day is considered to be 6 June 1944.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings<br /><br />In any event, you have a point (in my mind at least). <br />D-Day refers to the FIRST Day of an invasion on Normany. <br />Liberation Day, is the day for Italian Liberation. <br /><br />Europe is not really mentioned... but I would guess that one could say the "Liberation of Europe" would be the final day of war.<br /><br />Does that even exist?<br /><br />I do not understand, actually, how it is called the "Liberation of Italy" when the Italian leader Mussolini seemed in cahoots with Hitler. <br />Most of the wiki links I read about WWII seem to refer more to Invasion of Italy.<br />But perhaps this liberation idea was later when the Italian people decided that Mussolini did not represent them?? <br />In that case, they would have indeed been "Liberated." <br /><br />Kelly Borsheim Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069782765023276614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617067506355835944.post-45724643616222780032015-04-26T04:00:02.582+02:002015-04-26T04:00:02.582+02:00I do not understand why D day is the liberation of...I do not understand why D day is the liberation of Europe, when Italy was liberated first and as far as I know part of Europe. Anyone have an answer? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com