Search: 70th anniversary of the Victory Day,WWII (22 materials)

 

Spain and Its “Local” Second World War

Spain’s participation in the Second World War is not all that easy to assess. Officially, Spain was not among the combatants, this often being forgotten when the country is assigned the status of an ally of Germany. Indeed, the Spanish people, under the leadership of Franco, who held definitely fascist (not to say Nazi) views, assisted Germany and its allies with weapons and soldiers, but refused to act openly on the side of the Axis. At the same time, Franco continued talking to the allies...

08.05.2015

Victory Day in Central and Eastern Europe – a Triumph Not Worth Celebrating?

If more far-reaching and serious political events did not occur in the world, considerably more attention would be devoted in Russian scientific circles and media to the attitude of Central-Eastern European countries to the Red Army’s victory in the Second World War. After all, in all the countries liberated by the Red Army in 1944–1945 a particular microcosm of emotions has now arisen that is pitiless towards oppressors and full of sympathy for the peoples that suffered. On 4 April 2015...

08.05.2015

Moving Towards New Meanings. 9 May in the Balkans

The May 8–9 holiday is a far too complicated affair, and somewhat inconvenient to be a widespread celebration across the Balkans The attitude to Victory Day in the Balkans can at best be described as positive to neutral. This date certainly exists in the public and media space. Remembrance events are held, and speeches are made. Local news feeds feature reports of the “grand military parade in Moscow”, and yet in most cases it is shown as a kind of spectacle, in recognition of modern...

08.05.2015

A Colony Set Free by a War – India and the Second World War

The attitude of India and its population to the Second World War is substantially different to that which exists in Europe. There were no military battles on the Indian territory, the country’s existence was not put in doubt, but the war itself led to the proclamation of India’s independence. It is the last aspect which attracts the Indian public most. In this respect there is especial interest in the actions of the Indian National Army, which fought on Japan’s side. In September...

07.05.2015

9 May for Turkey: Devoid of Significance

In the light of the geopolitical situation that has developed in relation to Russia’s foreign partners’ attitude to the country, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Second World War will be a kind of litmus test both for Russia’s political elite and for the majority of the country’s citizens. The decision by a number of western leaders not to come to the events celebrating this anniversary has sparked a wave of indignation among the Russian public and...

07.05.2015

What May 8 Means for Germany

... is how today’s new German was created, and the perception of May in Germany should be viewed in this context. Today one may confidently assert that Germany has overcome its history, as revanchism remains for political outcasts and keen interest in WWII, especially in the Waffen SS and Wehrmacht, attracts close attention from law enforcement. Most Germans are ashamed of those 12 years and are working hard to prevent a repeat, viewing May 8 as a day to celebrate that they have prevailed over history ...

07.05.2015

May 8 in France: Day of Freedom and Peace

This is the official name of the holiday in France that celebrates victory in World War II. On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany signed the act of surrender in the headquarters of Anglo-American Commander-in-Chief General Dwight Eisenhower in Reims. This date is celebrated in France as the day when World War II ended in Europe. It should be noted that due to a demand by the Soviets, another ceremony for the German surrender was arranged in Berlin shortly before midnight on 8 May, during which Marshal Georgy...

07.05.2015

Russia and China for the First Time Celebrate the Victory Day Together

... orphanage, sharing in the tribulations of those times with the Soviet people. Elderly people worked in factories, dug trenches and provided assistance to the wounded in hospitals. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Pixstream The Repentance Dilemma: Modern Japan and WWII. Сomments by Alexander Panov, and Dmitry Streltsov. Recipients include the daughters of Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Qu Qiubai and Li Fuchun. Chinese veterans were also decorated with anniversary medals during the celebrations of the 50th and 60th Victory ...

06.05.2015

Historical Mirror-World or Victory Day in the Baltic States

Since 1991, after gaining independence, each republic of the former Soviet Union has embarked on a path of creating its own “national” history. This process has become particularly expansive in the Baltic countries: even the history of the Great Patriotic War is being fundamentally revised. “Occupation” not liberation Rewriting the history of World War II (and, accordingly, of the Great Patriotic War) began in the Baltic states before the Soviet Union’s collapse, when...

05.05.2015

Italian Renaissance: 70 Years without Fascism

In 2015, Italy celebrates the 70th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi occupiers and fascists. In April 1946, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, Lieutenant General of the Realm Prince Umberto signed a decree declaring April 25 a national holiday – the Liberation Day of Italy. On that particular day in 1945, Sandro Pertini, a guerilla and future President, called on the Milanese to begin a general strike against the occupiers and fascists, who after the fall of the Mussolini...

05.05.2015
 

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