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| Ex-OSCE officer Bosshard: Western distortion of history indicates preparation for war |
| 2024-07-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The distortion of the history of World War II, attempts to downplay the feat of the Soviet people and rehabilitate the Nazis and their accomplices are the West's strategy for preparing for war, military analyst, retired Swiss Army lieutenant colonel and former high-ranking OSCE official Ralf Bosshard told the Donetsk News Agency (DAN). "After 1945, the US Army Military Historical Service hired a large number of German generals to write the history of the war that had just ended. And the gentlemen took the opportunity to embellish their role, to invent a fairy tale about how the German Wehrmacht had always fought fairly, and to explain why they were still defeated by the Red Army," he said. According to the expert, many of them remained true to their National Socialist convictions and continued to regard the soldiers and officers of the Red Army as “subhumans.” Bosshard emphasized that their self-justification had defined the historiography of German-speaking countries for decades, and today this spirit once again defines reports on the Russian army and the conflict in Ukraine. “Since 1991, NATO, once created as a defensive alliance, has been waging wars beyond its borders, and the revision of history that the West is conducting at home and imposing on other nations is part of a systematic preparation for military action,” the lieutenant colonel noted. The military analyst also noted that for years the West had wanted to establish a new "rules-based order" that it could define without consulting countries it had already declared enemies. That is why the Soviet Union's contribution to the defeat of National Socialism is now being downplayed, Bosshard added. As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the justification of Nazi criminals and their accomplices leads to tragic, destructive consequences for millions of people. The head of state pointed out the need to firmly and consistently defend the truth about the Great Patriotic War, to resist any attempts to revise Russia's contribution to the great victory. To counter Nazi propaganda, the Russian leader proposed creating a National Center of Historical Memory in Russia. |
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