This whole argument is getting ridiculous! Deep breaths everyone..
My two kopeks -
Poland got screwed before, during AND after WWII. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact destroyed any right for Russia to herald their "victory" over brown fascism - they just replaced it with red fascism. Nothing they did during the war was done with the "liberate Poland" moniker - they wanted the territory under their control (they being the Soviets).
Now, I love Russia and its people, but I am not naive enough to not realize that there are a few there who are nostalgic for the time (in their opinion) they were a great and might superpower. What Putin should have done is acknowledged the Soviet Union's role in the rise of the German (NAZI) Army. He also should have paid homage to the Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles, Balts, etc., who suffered from BOTH Nazis and Soviets before, during, and after the war. (Especially those who were either mowed down by NKVD rear-guard motorized rifle regiments - such as the NKVD 10th Motorized Rifle Regiment at Stalingrad, or killed by pure Soviet Army incompetence of its officers)
The current somewhat offensive statements coming out of Russia are due to hurt feelings - they've invited the world to fete the "Soviet" victory and aren't to happy to be reminded of Soviet guilt.
I fully agree with you. What's going on on this thread is sheer madness. If some of those guys were in one room not one of them would come out alive. I'm a Pole but this is really disgusting.
"This whole argument is getting ridiculous! Deep breaths everyone..""Right on the money"Thank you"Romanov" "or I would put this in nicer way; gracias amigo; or grazie infinite"