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By M&C News May 9, 2008, 14:46 GMT
In photos: 'Russia Victory Day'
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LONG LIVE A STRONG RUSSIA! Down with the USA.
Never really cared for the reds and never will.
Only with the help of the americans, british and french the USSR ,managed to exhaust the Wehrmacht. The soviets couldn't beat the Waffen SS which ran out of tanks, gas, ammunition and replacements.
jochan peiper, the reall world war two was waged in the societ union. most of the casulties sufferd during the war where all on the eastern front. ofcourse without the help of the allies, the ussr would never had made it but your making it sound like they did nothing. study world war two history more and you will see that the soviet union did more to bring down the nazis then any other allied countries combined.
Real interesting how you can contradict yourself in one post, Russia today isnt even communist anymore and without the Allies Russia would have lost to the germans not to mention that they were allies with Natzi Germany untill Hitler invaded so you point is? You havent a clue what the hell you are talking about.
Two separate capitulation events took place at the time. First, the capitulation to the Allied nations in Reims was signed on May 7, 1945, effective 23:01 CET May 8. This date is commonly referred to as the V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) in most western European countries. The other World War II victory day, the V-J day (Victory in Japan Day) is commemorated in August, and is of considerably lesser significance in Europe.
However, the Soviet Union's only representative in Reims was General Ivan Susloparov, the Military Liaison Mission Commander. General Susloparov's scope of authority was not entirely clear, and he had no means of immediate contact with the Kremlin, but nevertheless decided to sign for the Soviet side. Susloparov was caught off guard; he had no instructions from Moscow. But if he did not sign, he risked a German surrender without Soviet participation. However, he noted that it could be replaced with a new version in the future. Joseph Stalin was later displeased by these events, believing that the German surrender should have been accepted only by the envoy of the USSR Supreme command and signed only in Berlin and insisted the Reims protocol be considered preliminary, with the main ceremony to be held in Berlin, where Marshal Zhukov was at the time, as the latter recounts in his memoirs:[4]
“ [Quoting Stalin:] Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.
God bless America, if freedom exist we owe it to the Americans
Live strong and when the time comes DEFEAT THE AMARICANS!! Long live Valdimir Putin!!!!
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