Why are there holidays marking VE/VJ/Armistice Day in different cultures, while many other wars aren't commemorated at their conclusion?
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This seems to depend on the degree of trauma a war caused, and the time since its conclusion. Some examples:
For the UK, WWI was extremely traumatic, because of the vast number of casualties, and the way they kept on happening without the Army seeming able to change that. Commemoration at the end of the war seemed natural and became a tradition. The tradition absorbed commemoration of WWII, and all the wars since, none of which have been on a similar scale. The tradition has evolved, in that most events are now held on the Sunday closest to 11th November, although some people hold a two-minute silence on the 11th anyway. The effects of WWI are still visible in my family: my maternal grandmother was one of four sisters, all born between 1895 and 1902, only two of whom ever married because of the shortage of men.
France holds national holidays for both Armistice Day and VE Day; both wars were very traumatic. The shortage of men after WWI was worse in France than in the UK.
Russia commemorates Victory Day on 9th May with a public holiday. WWII was immensely traumatic for the USSR, and commemoration became a part of the Soviet position that they had defeated Nazi Germany themselves. There is some truth in that, given how much of the German Army they defeated.
There are no international rules about the way wars are commemorated. Each country makes its own decisions.
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