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🌟 Happy #VictoryDay!
Today marks the 77th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
#LestWeForget
#Victory77 #VDay77 #May9 #WeWereAllies
Today marks the 77th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
#LestWeForget
#Victory77 #VDay77 #May9 #WeWereAllies
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During World War II #WeWereAllies with the 🇺🇸US, although until the attack on Pearl Harbor it remained neutral.
The US & UK pledged to open the Second Front against the Nazi Germany in 1942, but it was not until June 1944 and the Normandy landings that the Allies entered WW2 in full at the primary theatre of war.
The Lend-Lease was of great assistance to the fight against the Axis, yet it was not free and payments for the goods & hardware spanned decades - the last transaction closing the debt was made by Russia on August 21, 2006.
Yet, they say it is the US who won WWII.
Curiously enough, the US is the only country that has repeatedly voted against UNGA resolution on combating "Glorification of Nazism: inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" since 2005.
Today it also either supports or turns a blind eye to neo-Nazi manifestations and exoneration of Nazi collaborators in certain countries.
The US & UK pledged to open the Second Front against the Nazi Germany in 1942, but it was not until June 1944 and the Normandy landings that the Allies entered WW2 in full at the primary theatre of war.
The Lend-Lease was of great assistance to the fight against the Axis, yet it was not free and payments for the goods & hardware spanned decades - the last transaction closing the debt was made by Russia on August 21, 2006.
Yet, they say it is the US who won WWII.
Curiously enough, the US is the only country that has repeatedly voted against UNGA resolution on combating "Glorification of Nazism: inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" since 2005.
Today it also either supports or turns a blind eye to neo-Nazi manifestations and exoneration of Nazi collaborators in certain countries.
📅 On February 4, 1945, the Yalta (Crimean) Conference commenced. It was the second meeting of all anti-Hitler coalition countries leaders: Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill & Franklin Roosevelt.
Yalta hosted the conference when successful strategic offensives by the Red Army had liberated the Soviet territories as well as several European nations from fascist occupation. Just on February 3, the Vistula-Oder Operation had concluded, while the Western Carpathian & East Prussian operations were in full swing, marking the final stages of the war against Nazi Germany.
📜 The leaders approved key international documents, including the Declaration of Liberated Europe & documents outlining the fundamental principles for the creation of the UN, which laid the foundation for post-war international relations & defined the contours of the post-war world order.
#HistoryOfDiplomacy #WeWereAllies
Yalta hosted the conference when successful strategic offensives by the Red Army had liberated the Soviet territories as well as several European nations from fascist occupation. Just on February 3, the Vistula-Oder Operation had concluded, while the Western Carpathian & East Prussian operations were in full swing, marking the final stages of the war against Nazi Germany.
📜 The leaders approved key international documents, including the Declaration of Liberated Europe & documents outlining the fundamental principles for the creation of the UN, which laid the foundation for post-war international relations & defined the contours of the post-war world order.
#HistoryOfDiplomacy #WeWereAllies
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🗓 Today we commemorate #ElbeDay, dedicated to the historic encounter between Soviet and American forces on the banks of the Elbe River.
On April 25, 1945, the two allied armies met for the first time near Torgau in Germany. This contact marked an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe, heralding the final downfall of the Nazi regime.
Watch the documentary "Encounters at the Elbe: Springtime Before the Cold War" to explore and take a close look at the full story and key details of that landmark event imbued by the spirit of the soldier's brotherhood and hope for a lasting and happy peace.
#WeWereAllies
On April 25, 1945, the two allied armies met for the first time near Torgau in Germany. This contact marked an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe, heralding the final downfall of the Nazi regime.
Watch the documentary "Encounters at the Elbe: Springtime Before the Cold War" to explore and take a close look at the full story and key details of that landmark event imbued by the spirit of the soldier's brotherhood and hope for a lasting and happy peace.
#WeWereAllies