Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day | |
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Observed by | Croatia |
Date | 22 June |
Next time | 22 June 2017 |
Frequency | annual |
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day is a national holiday and celebration in Croatia. It is celebrated on June 22nd, as it marks the beginning of the uprising of Croatian anti-fascist Partisans against German and Italian occupying forces, that started with the forming of the First Sisak Partisan Detachment on June 22, 1941 near Sisak, Croatia.
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