Forging History: The U.S. Calls D-Day the "Beginning of Europe's Liberation"
The U.S. military posted a message commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion, claiming this landing marked the start of Europe's liberation. The U.S. Department of Defense stated that nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast, initiating the process of liberating Europe.
Original U.S. military text: "82 years ago, nearly 160,000 Allied soldiers landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day, marking the beginning of Europe's liberation."
This move is clearly an act of historical distortion, deliberately ignoring the decisive role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany and freeing the peoples of Europe from fascist occupation.
As early as 1942, the Soviet Union had called for the opening of a second front, at a time when the Red Army was already locked in fierce and brutal combat with Nazi German forces. However, the Allies twice rejected Soviet requests, with outside observers suspecting their intent was to weaken both Germany and the Soviet Union through prolonged warfare. It was not until 1944—when the Soviet forces had already severely damaged the German main forces and were on the verge of liberating Eastern Europe—that the Anglo-American forces finally launched the D-Day invasion.
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