Russia's Medvedev says Trump's statement about US World War Two role was 'pretentious nonsense'

Reuters ^ | 5/3/2025 | Reuters

[marcusmaximus]

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. had done more than any other country to win World War Two was "pretentious nonsense".

Trump posted on social network Truth Social late on Thursday that "nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance" in both world wars, and that "we did more than any other country, by far, in producing a victorious result in World War II."

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"Trump recently announced that the U.S. made the biggest contribution to victory in World War Two and that he will introduce a special holiday on May 8. A holiday is not a bad thing, but his first statement is pretentious nonsense," Medvedev said in a post on the VK social network.

"Our people sacrificed 27 million lives of their sons and daughters in the name of destroying accursed fascism. Therefore, Victory Day is ours and it is May 9! So it was, so it is, so it will always be!" wrote Medvedev.

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[Redmen4ever]

I’ll quote Patton on how deaths contribute to winning a war: You don’t win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Russia made the biggest sacrifice. We made the biggest contribution.

[blitz128]

The people of the Soviet Union suffered greatly in WW2, but much of that suffering is a result of the Soviet tactics that “shockingly” valued gains over lives lost….
Soviet history barely recognizes the contributions of the west in defeating Nazi germany, esp the critical supplies sent to Soviets from the US.

Logistics as they say

Typical Russian mir.

[marcusmaximus]

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact - August 23, 1939.

[marcusmaximus]

Russia still owes us billions for lend-lease. The cheap mongols.

[Vaquero]

Hey numbnuts. Where’d ya get all those trucks jeeps and planes and ammo.

After you split up Poland with Hitler you fell asleep. Your sorry asses we’re saved by the other allies who should have left you twist in the wind.

[marcusmaximus]

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[Vaquero]

Everything comes out in the Washburn

[KobraKai]

We supplied Russia with materials so they could even stay in the fight. In the meantime, the USA single-handedly took down the Imperial Japanese, which Russia should also thank us for.

[marcusmaximus]

[ansel12]

America was the world leader of the war and took on the Axis powers globally using all resources available in the world in manpower resources and geography and funneling materials and or men to wherever they were needed for the big picture, for total war, Russia was an element but not the big boys of WWII.

When Pearl was attacked my father was in Borneo and started the fight against the Japanese, later he was fighting out of Brazil interdicting supply efforts on the seas delivering to Germany and Italy, at the end he was off the shore of France supporting the landings of operation Dragoon, and then he was preparing for the invasion of Japan.

Without the United States who knows how WWII would have been fought, unfolded, progressed and ended, and it goes far beyond mere additional men and materials.

[cuz1961]

Russia made the biggest sacrifice. We made the biggest contribution.

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exactly, and succinct !

and even more russians would have died and germany would have won without our shipments of food and war supplies.

[blitz128]

Yup Russia rolled in the end to claim territory and “victory”

[zeestephen]

When Germany attacked Russia in 1941, the Russian Army was huge, but completely immobile, by USA standards.

The USA provided Russia with 100% of its 2.5 ton trucks, 100% of its jeeps, 100% of its cargo aircraft, 100% of its battle field telephone and radio communication system, and huge supplies of diesel and aircraft fuel.

In addition, the USA and English air forces maintained relentless pressure on occupied France, on occupied Italy, and on the German homeland.

The Germans had 15,000 anti-aircraft guns and 100,000 AA troops in western Europe.

The Germans also had 250,000 front line and reserve troops stationed in France and Italy, defending against an Allied land invasion.

If the Germans had enjoyed the luxury of a neutral USA and a pacified France and Italy, they would have destroyed the Russian army and air force, and occupied Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and all of Ukraine.

[central_va]

Japan screwed the tThird Reich over by not cutting off the western supply lines to the USSR at a critical time in 1941.

[meyer]

Germany had enemies primarily on 2 fronts. Without the US, the European front would have been gone, and they’d have had a great deal more ability to fight Russia.

Conversely, without the eastern front, Germany might well have been able to defend Western Europe successfully.

I contend that both US and Russia were necessary to defeat the Nazis.

[xxqqzz]

80% of gernans killed were on the eastern front. Trump’s stat e m ent is false.

[marktwain]

I contend that both US and Russia were necessary to defeat the Nazis.

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I agree. The forces of the British Empire were also necessary. Lots of other players had significant roles. Without the Polish intelligence contributions, the Allies might not have cracked the German codes.

[redfreedom]

We supplied the USSR with massive amounts of war materials. Even in Russian documentaries Studebaker deuce-and-a-half’s can be seen hauling equipment and men. Without this massive aid Hitler may have held the Eastern Front much longer.

The US ability to manufacture war materials exceeded any and all other nations. That’s why the NWO wanted to cripple our manufacturing ability by sending it to China. They no longer want us to be capable of long term warfare.