"[T]the Soviet Union did not save "the world." The point is that every year on the anniversary of VE Day the Western allies congratulate themselves for saving

"[T]the Soviet Union did not save "the world." The point is that every year on the anniversary of VE Day the Western allies congratulate themselves for saving Europe from the Nazis, conveniently downplaying the critical role the Soviet Union, or to be more precise, the Russian people, played in bringing the Third Reich to its knees. Politics aside...the people of Russia, civilians and soldiers alike, fought the Nazis with everything they had and paid a heavy price for it. Compared with the brutality and suffering on the Eastern Front (e.g. Leningrad, Stalingrad) the Western Front was a cakewalk.