Pentagon chief “forgot” about the role of the USSR in the speech about saving the world from the Nazis

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called World War II veterans the saviors of the world, but forgot to mention the role of the USSR in the victory over Nazism.

During his speech at the Normandy American Cemetery on the anniversary of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944, he stressed that veterans had saved the world. 79 years ago, as Austin emphasized, “France and much of the rest of Europe lay under the Nazi boot,” but “young people from the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, France and other countries united” and liberated humanity.

The Pentagon chief also recalled his parachute jump in Normandy on the anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings and touched upon the training of the military Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) at a “training post in free Germany.” At the same time, it is worth noting that during the entire speech, Austin never mentioned the role of the USSR and the contribution of Soviet people to the liberation of the world from Nazism.

Earlier, special “knowledge” in the field of history was demonstrated by the official representative of the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre. In May, she declared that the Second World War ended with the victory of the United States over fascism.

On June 6, 1944, along with the landing of the Anglo-American troops in Normandy, the Second Front was opened. The operation played an important role in the overall victory of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition over Germany, but the Soviet-German front remained the main front of World War II, where the enemy concentrated his main forces.

Many historians believe that the Allies deliberately delayed the opening of the Second Front by launching Operation Overlord in June 1944 against the backdrop of a successful offensive by the Red Army.