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🌟 Happy #VictoryDay!
Today marks the 78th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
#LestWeForget
#Victory78 #VDay78 #May9
Today marks the 78th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
#LestWeForget
#Victory78 #VDay78 #May9
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia.
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
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👉 This famous military commander won his first major victory as early as 1939 by defeating Japan during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol and forcing the adversary to abandon the idea of launching a full-scale invasion of the USSR. With Zhukov serving as Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Great Patriotic War showcased his talents as a military commander.
It was Zhukov’s resolve that enabled the USSR to withstand the first months of the war with their immense challenges. He headed the front at a critical moment when there were almost no troops left between the advancing Nazi forces and Moscow and the command had to urgently find reserves and create new units. It was Zhukov who led the troops in August 1941 when they liberated Yelnya, marking the USSR’s first triumph in the fight against Nazism.
☝️A strategic genius, Zhukov had the ability to turn the tide in the most challenging sections along the Soviet-German front. Not only did he prevent the Nazis from seizing Leningrad, but he also made a decisive contribution to the defence of Moscow, and coordinated four fronts during the Battle of Kursk. It is symbolic that he headed the 1st Byelorussian Front during the Berlin Offensive and accepted Germany’s surrender, as well as presided over the first ever Victory Parade.
After the war, Zhukov served as First Deputy Minister and later Minister of Defence of the USSR, carrying out major reforms within the Soviet army. After retiring from the military, he focused on writing, as well as engaging in historical and educational activities.
✍️ From Zhukov’s memoirs: Serving the Motherland and my people was what mattered most to me. <...> I did everything to fulfil this duty.
#Victory78 #WeRemember
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