![]() Celebrate this important day by wishing everyone with Bangladesh Victory Day messages and wishes. This day celebrates the victory of the Bangladesh as well as Indian forces over the Pakistani forces in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The hypocrisy and historical irony of Germany trying to erase the USSR out of history is mind-boggling, but I guess should not surprise us, given recent events.Bangladesh Victory Day is observed every year on December 16 th and is also known as Bijoy Dibos in Bangladesh. The fact that “kampfpanzers” (battle tanks) are being sent to Bandera-worshipping Ukraine is ironic to say the least. General Patton reportedly wanted to re-arm the German Army and invade the USSR to finish the job. The plan worked – almost – but the USSR was not destroyed. Russia suffered the most from the war, that should be common fact, whether we like Russia or not.Ĭhurchill wanted to wait until Hitler had destroyed the USSR and then, the Anglo-Americans could come in and take over the much weakened Wehrmacht and take over the destroyed USSR. In addition to the military casualties, millions of Russian civilians died as a direct result of Operation Barbarossa. ![]() At least 75% of the German military was destroyed by the Red Army alone. He can be reached at and followed on Twitter Joe, you outline basic facts of history that should be acknowledged by everyone. He was an investigative reporter for the Sunday Times of London, a financial reporter for Bloomberg News and began his professional work as a 19-year old stringer for The New York Times. correspondent for T he Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and numerous other newspapers, including The Montreal Gazette and The Star of Johannesburg. Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News and a former U.N. Russia is on alert for possible attacks on Moscow’s Victory Day celebration by Ukrainian terrorist cells operating in Russia, especially following the failed drone attacks on the Kremlin.ĬORRECTION: 80 Soviet soldiers died to every one U.S. Neo-Nazi groups played a major role in the 2014 coup that overthrew the elected president in Kiev, eventually sparking the civil war that continues until today with Russian intervention. Ironically, Ukraine, which this decision is intended to protect, permits open glorification of its World War II-era Nazi collaborators, principally Stepan Bandera, and allows some of its soldiers to display Nazi symbols. Nazi flags and other symbols are already banned in Germany. “In the opinion of the court, it is not possible to separate the commemoration of the end of the war and the renewed war in Ukraine,” the newspaper said. Even before Russia’s intervention in the Ukrainian civil war in February 2022, Russia was not invited to take part in either the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Normandy invasion in 2014 or the 75th anniversary in 2019.Ī lower court in Berlin had previously lifted the ban on the display of Russian and Soviet flags, but that ruling was overturned by the higher court on Monday, the Berliner Zeitung reported. Eighty Soviet soldiers died to every one American G.I. The Soviet army suffered 95 percent of all allied military casualties. ![]() The Soviet Red Army was responsible for the destruction of the vast majority of the Wehrmacht, making the single greatest contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany of any of the allied nations. “The prognosis of the police that the symbols are suitable to convey a readiness for violence in view of the ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine is correct. In any case, in the current context, they could be understood as an expression of sympathy for the warfare.” The court agreed with the police, ruling that, The Berlin Higher Administrative Court on Monday banned Russian and Soviet flags from rallies in the city commemorating victory over Nazi Germany. anniversary of Victory Day, at which Soviet and Russian flags appeared. The Soviet War Memorial in Treptow in Berlin, Germany, on May 9, 2015, the 70.
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