Elbe Day commemorates the linking of the Soviet and US Armies at the River Elbe in Germany on April 25, 1945, which was an important step toward ending the Second World War.
"I would like to underline that the fact that so many Russian and US citizens who remember the feat of our peoples have gathered here is extremely important not only for the present generation but even more for the future ones," Kislyak said. "It is especially important when there are the attempts to rewrite the...
... place 70 years ago.
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Alexander Panov, Dmitry Streltsov:
The Repentance Dilemma: Modern Japan and
WWII
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the World War II Memorial Act into law, establishing a monument in Washington in memory ... ... of the country during the Second World War.
The Freedom Wall is the center of the memorable composition, studded with four thousand gold stars, each representing 100 Americans who died in the war.
It should be noted that most Americans are not aware of ...
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Now it is a time when the Americans need to actively demonstrate unity and mutual understanding with their Asian allies on issues of regional security and economic cooperation.
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The Repentance Dilemma: Modern Japan and
WWII.
Comments by Alexander Panov and
Dmitry Streltsov
The USA is pursuing its own tactical objectives and once again emphasizing Japan’s subordinate role.
While formally ramping up its belligerent and aggressive rhetoric and supposedly expanding the geography and bestowing wider authority on Japan, in ...
... that we may want to consider and learn from.
I suggest you look at the successes our international relations achieved during WWII and after. What diplomats and the intelligence services did helped to bring the war to its end faster and with fewer casualties.... ... allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, primarily the United States and Great Britain.
Why, do you think, the Big Three (the USSR, USA and Great Britain) failed to sustain allied relations after the war?
Above all, I would like to point out that our former ...
