ZA: Greenaway, Mike (2 July 2022). "The day that Wales' JPR Williams was almost lynched in Durban". IOL . Retrieved 2 July 2022. The occupier' he said 'by seeing this sign always the same, infinitely repeated, would understand that he is surrounded, encircled by an immense crowd of citizens eagerly awaiting his first moment of weakness'. During the German occupation of Jersey, a stonemason repairing the paving of the Royal Square incorporated a V for victory under the noses of the occupiers. This was later amended to refer to the Red Cross ship Vega. The addition of the date 1945 and a more recent frame has transformed it into a monument. Similar to the flower crown, the laurel wreath is a symbol of victory. It was used in ancient times instead of an Olympic medal. Now, it symbolizes victory, heroism, and a fair game. 5. Palm Branch

Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca (11 April 2003). "Sign of the Times". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014 . Retrieved 27 February 2014. a b c d e f g h i j Harris, David (1986). The League: The Rise and Decline of the NFL. New York City: Bantam Books. pp. 629–32. ISBN 0-553-05167-9. Nike is the Greek symbol of victory. She is a Greek goddess that inspired the “Just Do It” Nike shoe company. In the Greek World, Nike represents a triumph in the face of adversity and pushing yourself to go harder. She was a winged attendant to Zeus and Athena, monitoring war and peaceful conflict from above. CanalNostalgicodeTwo (April 26, 2010), Remembering the time: Victory Tour Special (part 1), archived from the original on December 19, 2021 , retrieved July 9, 2019Learning to Shoot a Longbow – Tips for Beginners". archerycloud.com. 4 October 2018 . Retrieved 25 July 2019. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) In Turkey, using the Victory sign can lead to a prosecution and conviction if it is shown, because in Turkey the sign is associated with the PKK if used by Kurds. [55] [56] [57] On 18 May 1939, the French daily, Le Monde Quotidien had a headline of, 'V pour victoire'. On 14 January 1941, Victor de Laveleye, former Belgian Minister of Justice and director of the Belgian French-language broadcasts on the BBC (1940–44), suggested in a broadcast that Belgians use a V for victoire (French: "victory") and vrijheid (Dutch: "freedom") as a rallying emblem during the Second World War. Eddie Van Halen made a special guest appearance doing the " Beat It" guitar solo on July 13 in Irving, Texas. [23]

The Norse rune is an upward-pointing arrow that means victory. Because it is easy to draw, it is now used by many to encourage victory and create a winning mindset. It has been used for bad in the past, but that does not take away from its original power. 10. Thunderbird Tas, Latif (22 April 2016). Legal Pluralism in Action: Dispute Resolution and the Kurdish Peace Committee. Routledge. p.60. ISBN 9781317106159. Known cancelled shows [ edit ] List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation May 2011: Maxim Gun (!) is right on to this. ‘First let me say that your non British readers might not understand the gesture in its totality. It is not, as you say, just two fingers, there is also the forceful upward motion. Second, Desmond Morris did some work on this. Essentially he did not come to a conclusion but he suggested, inter alia , that it might be two fingers for poking at eyes!’ MG is spot on, of course, with the upward motion. Could it have been a variation on the single middle finger that also involves a speedy upward motion? You give me one finger so I give you two? Thanks Maxim!!Orchard Park (August 25–26), Philadelphia (September 1–2): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. Vol.96, no.39. September 29, 1984. p.37. ISSN 0006-2510. A commonly repeated legend claims that the two-fingered salute or V sign derives from a gesture made by longbowmen fighting in the English army at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War, but no written historical primary sources support this contention. [26] This origin legend states that Welsh archers believed that those who were captured by the French had their index and middle fingers cut off so that they could no longer operate their longbows, and that the V sign was used by uncaptured and victorious archers in a display of defiance against the French. In conflict with this origin myth, the chronicler Jean de Wavrin, contemporary of the battle, reported that Henry V mentioned in a pre-battle speech that the French were said to be threatening to cut off three fingers (not two) from captured bowmen. [27] [28] Wielding an English longbow is best done with three fingers. [29] Neither Wavrin nor any contemporary author reported the threat was ever carried out after that nor other battles, nor did they report anything concerning a gesture of defiance. [27] The Germans could not remove all the signs, so they adopted the V Sign as a German symbol, sometimes adding laurel leaves under it, painting their own V's on walls, vehicles and adding a massive V on the Eiffel Tower. Staff On this Day 15 August 1971: 'V-sign' costs rider victory "BBC The infamous gesture won him an entry in the Chambers dictionary which defined 'a Harvey Smith' as 'a V-sign with the palm inwards, signifying derision and contempt'". Accessed 23 April 2008