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The Soviet armies bled the German armies white, but that does not take away from the accomplishments of D-Day. In the closing days of WW II, many Germans fled
by tomohawk 7y ago
The Soviet armies bled the German armies white, but that does not take away from the accomplishments of D-Day.
In the closing days of WW II, many Germans fled to the US/UK side to escape the terror inflicted by the Soviet armies.
In 1984, the Soviet propaganda machine was in full swing, and the Soviets still occupied a big chunk of Europe. They were making threats with short range nuclear missiles and a 20 to 1 tank advantage. It looked like WW III was about to break out, but the Soviets would be out of power within 10 years.
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoThe D-Day celebrations also usually forget to mention Operation Bagration, a massive soviet offensive in June-August 1944, which is perhaps the biggest German army defeat in history and is very important to keep in mind in the context of the Allies advance in France. The fact is that keeping the Russians out of D-Day celebrations and of the D-Day narrative is a political decision.
- Mvandenbergh 7y agoThey also don't commemorate the liberation of Rome (just before) and the departure of Japanese forces from Burma (just after).
- thrower123 7y agoMark Clark basically gave away the chance to encircle and destroy the better part of the Wehrmacht in Italy so he could roll into Rome before D-Day and get the publicity, so that really shouldn't be celebrated.
- zaphirplane 7y agonever heard of it before thanks for educating us wow the casualties over 2 months is just mind boggling
- vixen99 7y agoAnd let's not forget this https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32529679 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32529679