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Nice slideshow of the 65th anniversary celebration of the end of the Great Patriotic War. Love the T-34s:
But especially dig Medvedev’s handshake with Death:
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Brilliant slideshow. And major kudos to the photographer of the second shot. Sick sense of humor.
Hilarious caption to the second picture. I almost thought it was a photoshop job.
(The Italian caption on the original, for those who are curious, states — at least according to Babelfish — that the hooded fellow is the Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church)
French and Polish Armies? Canadian, then Anzacs, and then the Polish in that order have more of right to be there than the French.
Free French troops fought on the Eastern Front.
Specifically, the ones who paraded today are members of the French Air Force’s Normandie-Niemen squadron, a Free French unit that regrouped in exile in the Soviet Union and flew throughout the war on the Yakovlev-3 fighter.
To be pedantic, they’re actually from the staff of the Reims air base, which is the unit that maintains the Normandie-Niemen flag and traditions until the squadron is reformed on Rafale next year.
Cool! Don’t mind the pedantry at all!
I thought that they where from the 33rd Waffen SS division (Charlemagne Division).
But snark aside, thanks for the info it was interesting but I still don’t think that it rebuts my original statement.
If you want to know why the Russians care, just think of the Escadrille Lafayette.
Yea, the Ruskies have always had a soft spot for the French. There are a lot of french loan words that pop up in Russian. Like Magazine or shop which is the same in French.
I thought that the 1940′s madison avenue image of the Free French Forces was finally put to rest. I guess there are some people who still buy into it.
Actually, I think that India had more troops fighting in Italy (around 2 million) than French troops on either front on either side.
Numbers anyone?
Indian troops fought in Italy, and at various times during the war, India had about 2.5 million men under arms total. The notion of 2 million Indian troops fighting on the Italian front at once, however, is, to put it mildly, mistaken.
I stand corrected. Thanks.
Still more than ff in total though if I’m not mistaken.
The British Indian army of WW2, incidentally, is by far the largest all-volunteer army ever raised…
Don’t get me wrong. Sure it looks that I’m pissing on the French a lot but I don’t doubt that they were an important ally in WW2 and, as typical with most things French, they had deeply complicated relationships in that war.
Having said that, It is just that in popular culture there is an aura around the FF which is outsized to the actual contribution. I mean in “The Longest Day” there is several times more screen time to the Free French than the Canadians who had responsibility for an entire beach as well as over 100 ships in the cross channel armada of which there is never any mention in hardly any books or on film.
This popular history has a direct impact upon how nations are viewed within other nations and hence directly upon international relationships. For this reason I feel I should push back upon things I feel are not representative or to bring balance to popular history.
The French have as much right to be there as the Americans, British, Canadians, or anyone else. Lest we forget, the French were forced to resist the Nazi onslaught while the United States and the USSR maintained correct diplomatic relations with Berlin. It’s true enough that the role of the Resistance is often overplayed, but this hardly excuses ignoring the contributions and sacrifices made both by the Third Republic and by the Free French.
Well considering that Canadians weren’t there I would say that the French had more “right” to be there than the Canadians. Not to mention that they fielded an entire division to battle to the Bolsheviks, which they did quite well from all reports,I wouldn’t say that their contribution was simon pure.
I am certainly not ignoring ANY French contribution in WW2.
Loved the second one *ROFL*. Now that’s the kind of thing you don’t see in Moscow blogs that often! :))))
Are you sure that’s not the Emperor Palpatine?
I suppose Obama is going to get flack from the typical places for sending US military representation.
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I must admit, I find the Stalin t-shirts and posters disquieting. Of course I can’t read Russian so if they are saying, “cynical, double-dealing, mass-murdering psychopath, hugely responsible for the cost and length of the war”, then I”m good.
PS–That’s gotta be a long day for Merkel.
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