“US President Donald Trump has announced that on May 8, the United States will celebrate Victory Day in World War II, and November 11 in the First World War. Source: Trump on the social network Truth Social Language Trump: “Many of our allies and friends celebrate on May 8 as a Victory Day, but we have made much more than any other country to achieve a victorious result in World War II.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Trump on social network TRUTH SOCAL
Direct Trump languageA: “Many of our allies and friends are celebrated on May 8 as a Victory Day, but we did a lot more than any other country, to achieve a victorious result in World War II. This I rename on May 8 on Victory Day in World War II and November 11 on the Victory Day in the First World War.”
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Details: According to him, despite the fact that “we won both wars and no one was with us for strength, courage or military glitter”, but “we never celebrate anything – this is because we have no leaders who know how to do it!”
“We will start celebrating our victories again,” Trump said.
What was before:
- In November 2004, the decision of the 59th session of the UN General Assembly, on May 8 and 9, was proclaimed the days of memory and reconciliation of commemoration of all victims of World War II.
- In Ukraine, since 2023, on May 8, he was set up by the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War of 1939-1945.
- According to open sources, US losses in the Second World War amounted to 418 thousand people.
- The greatest losses were suffered by countries in the USSR – 26.6 million, China – 13.5 million, Germany – 6.48 million, Poland – 6 million (more than half – Jews, Holocaust victims), Japan – 3.76 million and India – 3 million.
- According to the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Ukraine has made a significant contribution to the victory over Nazism and allies of Germany. The cost of this was the extraordinary loss of Ukrainians and citizens of Ukraine of other nationalities during 1939-1945. The most serious ones are demographic, which are estimated in 8-10 million people.
- At the same time, the ruler of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin complained that “Russia is faced with the fact that the results of the Second World War and the role of the USSR in victory are revised today for the sake of selfish political interests.”