1. Yesterday my mother-in-law, who is Bulgarian, laid down flowers at the Russian Consulate in Toronto in memory of the Great Patriotic War
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@HeerJeet Their suffering and war effort far exceeded all others.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Churchill: “particular tribute to our Russian comrades, whose prowess in the field has been one of the grand contributions to…”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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3. The good reasons for downplaying the Russian contribution to the war are a desire not to give credit to Stalin's monstrous regime.
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@HeerJeet Um...also because it helped start the war by assisting in the invasion of Poland. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet (1/2) King-Emperor George VI: “The splendid victories of the Soviet Union, and the courage of all those other allies who sufferedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet (2/2) and fought with us in our common struggle against aggression, will ever be recorded in our hearts and our history”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Yes. General mistrust of Russia contributes, as does the Molotov pact.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet That said, the sheer human cost on the Eastern front seems neglected. Belarus, the Ukraine and Russian suffered enormously.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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