The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs weighed in on the importance of the D-Day landings 75 years ago Wednesday, downplaying their importance.
The revisionist history revisits longstanding Russian assertions that their nation paid the heaviest price in casualties during World War II — though conventional historians agree the tide of the conflict did not turn until the Allied invasion of the European mainland.
“The Normandy landings were not a game-changer for the outcome of WWII and the Great Patriotic War. The outcome was determined by the Red Army’s victories – mainly, in Stalingrad and Kursk. For three years, the UK and then the US dragged out opening the second front,” Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the ministry, said on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ official Twitter account.
#Zakharova: The Normandy landings were not a game-changer for the outcome of WWII and the Great Patriotic War. The outcome was determined by the Red Army’s victories – mainly, in Stalingrad and Kursk. For three years, the UK and then the US dragged out opening the second front pic.twitter.com/LhzkEzNCQN
— MFA Russia ?? (@mfa_russia) June 5, 2019
“Even if it was late, the opening of the second front was aimed at supporting Soviet troops in their combat missions. In fact, we ended up helping our Western allies who were defeated by the Nazis in the Ardennes. We hope our partners remember this,” Zakharova added.
#Zakharova: Even if it was late, the opening of the second front was aimed at supporting Soviet troops in their combat missions. In fact, we ended up helping our Western allies who were defeated by the Nazis in the Ardennes. We hope our partners remember this pic.twitter.com/ETHXTJ4kT9
— MFA Russia ?? (@mfa_russia) June 5, 2019
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Twitter account was flooded with military members, historians, and journalists reminding them the importance the U.S. played in WWII and the role the Russians had in siding with Nazi Germany in the early parts of the war.
“Cool. Remember when Stalin collaborated with Hitler and then you occupied Poland and murdered thousands of their soldiers?” Fred Wellman, an Army veteran, responded.
“Hitlers armies HUMILIATED you, you were begging for help and indeed without the LEND LEASE Programm which gave billions of aid and military equipment you wouldn’t survive,” Phil Christian, a political analyst, weighed in.
Cool. Remember when Stalin collaborated with Hitler and then you occupied Poland and murdered thousands of their soldiers? Here’s a funny story from an actual Russian historian about how U.S. Lend Lease saved the Soviet Union when you lost all your tanks. https://t.co/ZHVktwhoTo
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 5, 2019
You really think the world believes your fake history and lies printed by Stalin??
Hitlers armies HUMILIATED you, you were begging for help and indeed without the LEND LEASE Programm which gave billions of aid and military equipment you wouldn’t survive. Thank ?? for that!— Dr. Phil Christian ???? (@phil_RobChrist) June 5, 2019
Cool. Remember when Stalin collaborated with Hitler and then you occupied Poland and murdered thousands of their soldiers? Here’s a funny story from an actual Russian historian about how U.S. Lend Lease saved the Soviet Union when you lost all your tanks. https://t.co/ZHVktwhoTo
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 5, 2019
The Soviet military depended heavily on equipment and supplies provided by the United States & funneled through the UK. The US was fighting another empire in the Pacific. And the USSR signed a non-aggression pact w/ Nazis in order to carve up Europe, and got burned. Nice try tho
— Brendan Bordelon (@BrendanBordelon) June 5, 2019
By that logic, perhaps the Soviet Union would have been happier if it had maintained its alliance with Nazi Germany. The Germans were much more aggressive about launching invasions, after all. pic.twitter.com/ydi2E0sPDT
— T.S. Allen (@TS_Allen) June 5, 2019
By that logic, perhaps the Soviet Union would have been happier if it had maintained its alliance with Nazi Germany. The Germans were much more aggressive about launching invasions, after all. pic.twitter.com/ydi2E0sPDT
— T.S. Allen (@TS_Allen) June 5, 2019
Hi historian here. There was no way the US/UK were able to open the western front until at LEAST 1943, and even then the allies decided to attack North Africa and the Med first. Stalin could have said something but he refused to go to Casablanca so that’s on you guys ??
— Schrödinger’s Cat Dad (@barefootboomer) June 5, 2019
