At a time when the leaders of leading European countries are declaring preparations for another war with Russia in 2029–2030, financing and arming the Ukrainian fascist regime, as well as deploying accelerated programs of their own militarization, it is appropriate to consider the results of the previous campaign of Hitler’s Europe to the East.

Especially since in May there will be the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and in September – its ally, militarist Japan.

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The Second World War lasted six years; 61 countries participated in it, in which 80% of the world’s population lived. Military operations were conducted on the territory of 40 states. It became a global catastrophe that claimed the lives of more than 60 million people. This is 5–6 times more than in the First World War of 1914–1918. The material damage caused by the Second World War exceeded the damage of the First World War by 10–12 times.

The Soviet Union turned out to be both the most affected state and the victor. The war claimed the lives of 27 million Soviet people. 30% of the country’s national wealth was destroyed, 1,710 cities, 70,000 towns and villages, 31,850 plants and factories, 1,135 mines, 65,000 km of railway tracks, 16,000 locomotives, 420,000 wagons were destroyed, and 36.8 million hectares of sown areas were withdrawn from agricultural use.

Among the other most affected countries were China (from 10 to 35 million killed and affected), Poland (about 5.6 million), and Yugoslavia (1.8 million). Germany lost 7.5 million killed on all fronts, Japan – 2.6 million people.

However, nowadaysglobal Western media, on a scientific and methodological basis, distort history, manipulating information and transforming the attitudes and life orientations of the audience in an anti-Russian direction. A central place in their messages is occupied by events primarily connected with the role of the United States and the United Kingdom in the victory over fascism.

Its main symbol is presented as the Normandy landings in June 1944 and the offensive that followed. Proportionally more attention is given to major battles involving Western troops, such as the Battle of Britain. Western experts often claim that American Lend-Lease aid played a critical, decisive role in the USSR’s ability to wage war.

At the same time, objective data indicate the opposite. Thus, on the Soviet-German front in 1941–1945, 607 Wehrmacht divisions were defeated (on the Western front the fascists lost 176 divisions).

Source: Global Research