Who defeated the Nazis: the United States and Russia argued about the role of the USSR in World War II - ForumDaily
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Who defeated the Nazis: the United States and Russia argued about the role of the USSR in World War II

On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, Russia and the United States again argued about the role of the USSR in World War II and its outcome. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) angrily responded to a White House tweet that mentioned only the United States and Great Britain as winners. Writes about it with the BBC.

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On May 8, a tweet appeared in the official account of the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump with a video where the president lays a wreath at the victims of World War II.

The video is accompanied by a caption: “On May 8, 1945, the United States and Great Britain defeated the Nazis! The American spirit always wins. Ultimately, this is exactly what happens. ” The video has an audio recording of Trump's speech in which he pronounces these words.

In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed indignation at "attempts to distort the results of the defeat of Nazism and the decisive contribution of our country, which are not ending in Washington."

“We can’t ignore the comment posted on the pages of the White House on social networks, where the victory over Hitler Germany is attributed exclusively to the United States and Great Britain,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The American officials did not have the courage and desire to at least half-pay the tribute to the undeniable role and the colossal disparate victims that the Red Army and the Soviet people suffered in the name of all mankind.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry also promised to "have a serious conversation" with American colleagues about this.

The White House tweet caused a reaction among English-speaking users, and then among Russian-speaking ones. By Sunday, May 10, several hundred comments on the role of the USSR in WWII had accumulated beneath it.

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In one of them, the user pasanospoco posted a photo of the signing of the Act of Surrender of Germany, where the Soviet delegation is visible, and added: “The Nazis are surrendering to the wrong guys.”

Another commentator writes that “the sacrifices of the USSR cannot be compared with the sacrifices suffered by other allies.”

Even Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny joined in the criticism of the White House’s statements, writing on Twitter: “Hi, guys. Not that this is any kind of competition, but you missed one small detail. My country’s contribution to this great victory is 27 million Russians who gave their lives in the bloodiest battles of that war.”

A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the White House’s tweet was contrary to the statement about the meeting on the Elbe, adopted by Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 25. It just emphasized cooperation between the United States and the USSR.

What the State Department says

At the same time, the recent statements by the US State Department about the Second World War were of a different content.

Back on May 7, the State Department and the leaders of nine Eastern European countries adopted a statement that paid tribute to the fighters against Nazism, but said that the outcome of the war “did not bring freedom to Europe.”

“The Baltic countries were illegally occupied and annexed. The Soviet Union held other countries in an iron fist through overwhelming military superiority, repression and ideological control,” it says.

The statement ends with a reminder that peace between countries “requires sincere and consistent respect for international law and norms, including the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.”

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The document was signed by the head of the US Department of State Mike Pompeo, the leaders of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

Baltic states statement

The leaders of the Baltic countries made a separate statement on May 7. In it, Russia is accused of distorting the circumstances that preceded the war, and in particular, the role of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

“Russia is trying to falsify history or misinform about the real situation. Especially about the beginning of the war and the fact that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were friends and collaborated with each other in order to occupy Poland, and, on the Soviet side, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as part of Romania,” said Latvian President Egils Levits.

Other Baltic leaders made similar statements. “For us, the war ended in 1993, when the last Russian soldier left,” said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.

Russia, in turn, has repeatedly blamed Western countries, including Eastern European ones, for trying to falsify history and wanting to glorify the forces that collaborated with the Nazis.

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