Friday, May 08, 2015
V-day
May 9. 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 as celebrated in Russia.
Polistra and friends celebrate in a joyous mood with the Russian America flag:
And then a more sober Morse mood, remembering that half of all WW2 deaths were Russians:
RT has a long set of video and text features. The videos run several hours altogether. I've watched some of it. Generally agrees with American radio news during the war, but RT's narration is much harder on Stalin than our news was. Stalin is shown as overestimating his own forces at first, resulting in unnecessary losses. 
And then a more sober Morse mood, remembering that half of all WW2 deaths were Russians:
RT has a long set of video and text features. The videos run several hours altogether. I've watched some of it. Generally agrees with American radio news during the war, but RT's narration is much harder on Stalin than our news was. Stalin is shown as overestimating his own forces at first, resulting in unnecessary losses. Labels: Гром победы
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