Russian President Vladimir Putin
On December 25, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made a strong attack on the West's smear of the Soviet Union and its leaders, saying that Stalin, the leader who led the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany during World War II, did not communicate directly with Hitler like the main leaders of Europe at that time, which protected the reputation of the Soviet Union. It is worth mentioning that Putin made this view at this important moment on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of Stalin's birth.
In 1938, then-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (first from left) met with Hitler
Putin said that before World War II and early in World War II, European powers have long followed a policy of appeasement, disregarded the interests of other countries, and diverted disasters in order to preserve their own strength, which made the ambitions of Hitler and nazi Germany as a whole continue to expand, eventually leading to the expansion of the war and spread to the Soviet Union.
The reason for Putin's assertion was that in a bill on historical memory just passed by the European Parliament, it was stated that "the Soviet Union instigated Nazi Germany to provoke World War II."
Stalin with Lenin
In fact, the current Western countries are bullying the dead and cannot speak, although Russia inherits the main mantle of the Soviet Union, but it is still very different from the Soviet Union ideologically. However, the attitude of the Russian people in the attitude towards the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union has never changed, which is why Putin is so angry at Europe for smearing the Soviet Union on the issue of World War II. If the Soviet Union had not resisted the attack of Nazi Germany, it would naturally not have the current Russia.
The Red Army liberates Berlin
In the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation alone lost more than 27 million people, one of the largest losses among the Allies, on a par with China, and the total number of casualties in the entire Soviet Union in World War II accounted for nearly 14% of the population in 1939, compared with 0.32% in the United States, 0.94% in Britain, 1.35% in France, and about 3% in China. For the victory of the Allied camp in World War II, the Soviet Union made great sacrifices.
Of course, the Soviet Union not only paid a huge sacrifice, but also received huge results, you know, the first army to enter Berlin is the Soviet army, and successfully let the Soviet red flag fly over Berlin. According to statistics, the Soviet Union liberated more than half of the European countries from Nazi Germany.
At the beginning of "Soldiers In the City", the protagonist does not even have a gun
In fact, in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West has been trying to "deconstruct the history of the Soviet Union." Many famous World War II film and television works, such as "Brothers Company", "Saving Private Ryan", etc., have vividly depicted the operations of the United States and Britain in the Western Front battlefield of Europe in World War II, and the image of the United States and British Allies has been filmed very tall. Western film and television works are not without depicting the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, such as the American film "Soldiers In the City" depicting the Battle of Stalingrad, although it shows the cruelty of the war, but there are also cases of smearing the Soviet Union, such as the phenomenon that the Soviet army does not even match small arms at the beginning of the film.
Panfilov 28 Warriors is an excellent Great Patriotic War movie
In recent years, Russia has also produced a number of works of art that reflect the Great Patriotic War, and many films are very exciting, such as "Panfilov 28 Warriors" and so on. However, due to the West's ability to control international public opinion, the people have begun to forget the achievements of the Soviet Union, and even the mention of the Soviet Union is a negative evaluation. Under the further influence of works that smear the Soviet Union such as the American drama "Chernobyl", this situation will only become more serious.
As the saying goes, forgetting the past means betrayal, and this kind of behavior in the West will sooner or later bear its own consequences.