Anti-Fascist Struggle Day

Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
Observed by Croatia
Date 22 June
Next time 22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)
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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