Friday
28Jul2006
Memory
Friday, July 28, 2006 at 5:11AM
Planning to go to the park in Novosibirsk today. It’s huge with massive memorials to those lost in the Second World War, particularly those from the city who are named on enormous marble pillars. There are literally thousands.
The Soviets lost 20m people in their struggle on the Eastern Front, in battles that cost the Germans the vast, vast majority of their troops and firepower. While Roosevelt and Churchill understood the contribution of the USSR in WW2, in our post-Cold War history, it has been somewhat ignored in favour of the glorification of British and American efforts.
Time is ripe to reassess who really won the war.
The Soviets lost 20m people in their struggle on the Eastern Front, in battles that cost the Germans the vast, vast majority of their troops and firepower. While Roosevelt and Churchill understood the contribution of the USSR in WW2, in our post-Cold War history, it has been somewhat ignored in favour of the glorification of British and American efforts.
Time is ripe to reassess who really won the war.
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