[vikingd00d]

>>Russia will not be invited to events marking the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s D-Day landings next week

That seems petty. Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events.

[MinorityRepublican]

Zelensky is there.

[Leaning Right]

> That seems petty. Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events. <

I agree. Maybe no Russian government officials. But how about a few representatives of Russian veterans organizations?

[17th Miss Regt]

Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events.

Agreed. Two weeks after D-Day, June 22nd, the Russians launched Operation Bagration in what is now Belarus and Lithuania. This operation pretty much destroyed three German armies on the eastern front.

[BobL]

‘That seems petty. Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events.”

It’s an Alinsky tactic, which is to ‘de-humanize’ your opponent. We see it here with the Democrat treatment of Trump, and the Zeeper treatment of those that oppose WW3.

[PGR88]

That seems petty. Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events.

FWIW, also on their side, the common Russian belief is that THEY defeated Nazi Germany. Given that 80% of German casualties were on the Eastern Front, I suppose they have a point

[hanamizu]

That seems petty.

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I’m aware that the Soviets did most of the dying and bleeding during the war, but how many Soviet troops hit the beaches of Normandy? And I ask out of ignorance, are Americans invited to the Stalingrad victory commemorations?

[pfflier]

Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored

D-Day commemorates a battle, not the whole war. The Russians did not participate in that battle .

The Russians demanded the opening of a western front for years to take pressure off of them.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That seems petty. Russia’s historical contributions to WW2 should not be ignored because of current events. Well, it's not unreasonable - the Soviets did not take part in the D-Day invasion. I wouldn't expect the US to be invited to commemorations of the Battle of Stalingrad, either.