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[Regnum] US President Joe Biden said that during World War II, American soldiers saved the world and liberated Europe.
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“Members of the Greatest Generation, in a week it will be 80 years since that day, landed on the beaches of Normandy, liberated the continent and literally saved the world,” he said, speaking at the Arlington Military Cemetery in honor of National Remembrance Day.
According to Biden, at different periods of US history, American soldiers defended independence, defeated fascism, and created strong alliances.
As Regnum reported, in 2023, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, during his speech on the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, called World War II veterans the saviors of the world, without mentioning the USSR in the list of countries that defeated Nazism.
At the same time, the official representative of the US administration, Karine Jean-Pierre, said that the United States “and allied forces” won the victory over fascism in World War II.
No matter what they say in Washington, the historical truth is that without the victories of the Red Army, the Allied landing on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944 would have been impossible. Russian senator Alexey Pushkov wrote about this. He recalled that the historical truth is that two-thirds of Hitler's divisions were defeated by the Red Army on the eastern front, and not on the western.
On May 8, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders of the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the people of Georgia and Moldova, on the upcoming Victory Day. The head of state emphasized the need to stop attempts to distort common history. On Victory Day, we should pay tribute to deep gratitude and respect to those who fought courageously at the front during the war and selflessly worked in the rear, bringing Victory closer, the president noted. Putin expressed confidence that the bonds of fraternal friendship, forged during the Great Patriotic War, will remain a reliable basis for the development of relations between countries and peoples.
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