... fight against the Axis nations, the coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Instead, the predominant view in most Western countries credits the U.S. as the primary force behind victory, along with limited support from other allies. This reading of WWII has nothing to do with reality, but it nicely fits the now popular Manichean interpretation of world politics.
Another typical distortion of history is the selective portrayal of the victims of the war, often shaped by a distinctly Eurocentric perspective. Much attention is given to the atrocities endured by Europeans under Nazi occupation or by Europeans in Asia at the hands of the Japanese,...
... great power among other leading players in Europe, and later in the world. If there is one thing that Russia treasures most in the United Nations system, that is its position as a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council.
In Russian history, the Soviet period stands out for two aberrations resulting from the communist ideology that the country’s leaders embraced and served. One—the more short-lived of the two—was turning the state into a revolutionary vehicle for a global ideology-driven ...
... 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 history and to forget much of the heroic things done by the Soviet people."
Russian, US well as the delegations of the former Soviet Union states laid wreaths at the "Spirit of the Elbe" memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Ukrainian modern Tank T 84 OPLOT, Kharkiv
Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau.
They designed T-34, the best tank of the WWII.
In the near future, such a tank battle seems unlikely, since wars to come will be smaller in scale and characterized by ... ... which means that a single-valued prediction for Europe and Asia in 10, 20 and all the more 50 years appears unconvincing.
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. History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 1941–1945. Volume 6, Moscow, 1960–1965; Logistic System of ...
