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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by NotPaidToPost on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:23AM (#20112880)
The D-Day celebrations also usually forget to mention Operation Bagration, a massive soviet offensive in June-August 1944, which is perhaps the biggest German army defeat in history and is very important to keep in mind in the context of the Allies advance in France.

The fact is that keeping the Russians out of D-Day celebrations and of the D-Day narrative is a political decision.

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by Mvandenbergh on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:40AM (#20112951)
They also don't commemorate the liberation of Rome (just before) and the departure of Japanese forces from Burma (just after).
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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by thrower123 on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:29AM (#20113451)
Mark Clark basically gave away the chance to encircle and destroy the better part of the Wehrmacht in Italy so he could roll into Rome before D-Day and get the publicity, so that really shouldn't be celebrated.
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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by zaphirplane on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:23AM (#20113418)
never heard of it before thanks for educating us

wow the casualties over 2 months is just mind boggling

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