2. We in the west tend to be churlish about the Russian contribution to World War II, for reasons both bad and good.
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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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4. And it's true, Stalin was a monstrous tyrant, with imperialist designs on Central Europe. Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was vile.
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5. And the Red Army committed terrible war crimes, including mass rape both during and after the war.
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7. But, the simply fact is Nazism would not have been defeated without the enormous blood sacrifices of the Soviet peoples.
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8. In terms of war aims, its useful to make a distinction between leaders and peoples.
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9. AJP Taylor rightly noted that while Churchill & other UK leaders fought to preserve empire, ordinary Brits fought for national liberty.
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10. Similarly, Stalin was a warlord who fought to extend reign into Central Europe but the Russian people fought to stave off extermination
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11. New York Times asked: "What does Victory Day mean in a country that has enslaved its people?"
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12. To answer the Times: Victory Day means, at the very least, liberating Auschwitz, which is what the Red Army did.
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13. Victory Day meant that Hermann Göring & co. were hanged and didn't get to reign as overlords of the Slavs.
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14. Russian contribution to victory will be misused by all sorts of bad actors, starting with Putin. But that's no reason to ignore it.
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