Lindsey Graham on CBS claims D-Day was "a failure"

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19. Russia says the D-Day invasion "did not have a decisive impact" on World War II

Russia says the D-Day invasion "did not have a decisive impact" on World War II and its significance "should not be exaggerated".

By Ciaran Sunderland
Reuters, June 6, 2019

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"As historians note, the Normandy landing did not have a decisive impact on the outcome of World War Two and the Great Patriotic War.

"It had already been pre-determined as a result of the Red Army's victories, mainly at Stalingrad (in late 1942) and Kursk (in mid-1943)," Zakharova told reporters.

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Moscow, which had been fighting German forces in the east for almost three years by the time of D-Day, and gradually pushing them back from early 1943, had been urging Britain's Winston Churchill to open a second front as far back as August 1942.

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Zakhorova's statement follows an article written by Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, in Russia's International Affairs magazine. Lavrov said that the D-Day operations are part of "pseudo-historical theories" introduced to the "Western education system" that "belittle" the efforts of the Soviet Union during World War II.

The Russian Embassy in the US has also issued a number of tweets highlighting the role of the Soviet Union's Red Army during WW2 and state that "the brunt of the war against Nazism" was still "primarily carried by the USSR".

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https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/06/russia-says-d-day-s-significance-should-not-be-exaggerated

PS: Here’s Lavrov in the Oval Office with Lindsey Graham’s favorite traitor:



Almost forgot: Stalin and Hitler were allied when they invaded Poland to start World War 2. Thanks to FDR, the United States served as the Arsenal of Democracy.