Trump wants to rename May 8 and November 11 as Victory Days in World War II and I

US President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to rename November 11 and May 8, key dates in two world wars, as "Victory Days".

"I am renaming May 8th as Victory in World War II Day and November 11th as Victory in World War I Day," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

May 9, which is widely celebrated in Western Europe (Russia celebrates it on May 1945), is not a national holiday in the U.S. The day is celebrated as the day of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in XNUMX.

After the end of hostilities in Europe, World War II continued in Asia until Japan signed the surrender on September 2.

November 1918th is commemorated as the day the armistice was signed in XNUMX, which ended the fighting in World War I between Germany and the Allies.

That date is a holiday in the USA and is called Veterans Day.

"Many of our allies and friends celebrate May 8th as Victory Day, but we did far more than any other country to achieve a victorious outcome in World War II," Trump said.

"We won both wars, no one came close to us in strength, courage or military genius, but we never celebrate anything, and that's because we no longer have leaders who know how to do it. We will start celebrating our victories again," Trump stressed.

However, this statement was not immediately followed by the promulgation of a decree.

The USA played a key role in both world wars, where it was militarily engaged and provided very significant material assistance to the Allies.

The US deployed the most troops or suffered the most casualties.

At the beginning of World War I, the US refused to join the conflict, but did so in 1917, prompted particularly by the intensification of German submarine warfare, which targeted American merchant ships.

They mobilized four million men, significantly fewer than the Allied countries in Europe where most of the conflict took place. Almost nine million soldiers were in France or Great Britain, including their colonies, six million in Italy, and 18 million in Russia/USSR.

American estimates of losses are significantly lower than in other countries.

During World War II, the United States initially provided aid to the Allies, but entered the conflict after Japan directly attacked them at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

According to the American World War II Museum, the US lost 416.800 soldiers during that conflict, slightly more than Great Britain (383.600), but significantly less than the USSR, whose losses ranged from 8,8 to 10,7 million soldiers, and China (three to four million).