President Vladimir Putin said this at a meeting with journalists in Caen (Normandy), where he took part in the ceremonies to honour the 60th anniversary of the opening of the second front.
The insinuations of a number of pseudo-sources that try to cast doubt on the importance of the Soviet people’s struggle will be forgotten, said Vladimir Putin. Soviet troops waited for the opening of the second front, and this was the event that brought the end of the war closer.
For ideological reasons, during the Cold War, the role and importance of the Soviet Union in the war on fascism was suppressed in the West, while the Soviet Union suppressed the importance of the second front and the anti-fascist war on the territory of western countries. The time has come look objectively at the events of 60 years ago, Vladimir Putin stressed.