Victory Without Memory: How the West is Rewriting the Second World War

Russia, the Defeat of Nazism, and the Collaborationist West

On May 9 Russia welcomed twenty-seven heads of state from around the world to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of the Great Patriotic War, which ended in victory over the Nazis, one of the greatest achievements in Russian history, and one that would make any nation justly proud. The United States likes to portray the defeat of Nazism as a glorious U.S. achievement, with a nod to British, Canadian, Australian, French and a few o…

Victory Without Memory: How the West is Rewriting the Second World War

From the Soviet Union’s erasure in VE Day commemorations to the militarised mythologising of history, Europe’s 80th anniversary of victory exposes a troubling convergence of selective memory, geopolitical hypocrisy, and the ongoing weaponisation of the past.