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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
A little off-topic but by whom? Putin seems quite ok with it.
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Make no mistake, it is a matter of deep national shame in France, and her natural continental allies tend to fall in line on the issue. Not official government policy, obviously, but they properly hate the fact that it was the Anglo-Saxons who got them their countries back, starting in 1944.
I don’t think Putin cares either way what everyone’s take on the liberation of Western Europe is, but Russians generally dislike the way their role in the overall road to victory tends to be glossed over by western historians. They fought harder and shed more blood than anyone.
Mind you, they did try carving up Poland with Hitler and then occupied the whole of Eastern Europe for 40 years on the pretext of needing a buffer zone, so don’t feel too much sympathy for them.
And yes, we’re veering, quite a lot.
