Tbf its not unsubstantiated, a solid 70% of the population of any former Warsaw pact member will also say that, and I mean if we just look to the UN, or just generally the surveys done by each country on their opinion of the soviet union at the time when it was still a thing.
Most Western places see the soviet union as a sad depressing monolith that oppressed its people, squeezing them all to beyond their limits, milking them for every ounce of value they could before tossing them aside with at best the bare minimum to survive, and often not even that.
However saying that, something the West does fail to see, is the life inside Russia post the collapse of the USSR and the chaos is brought. This is something people over here should learn, at least to understand why many Russians at least still support the old ways of dictatorship despite being offered better options. One could describe it as Stockholm syndrome almost.
I have some good news for you. It seems that you don’t know anything about the USSR or Russia, and if you’re a curious person, it’s time to learn before writing such nonsense.
There is no reason to stop. September 3 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory over militaristic Japan. Thanks to the Soviet victory over the Kwantung Army, the Emperor surrendered and the Second World War finally ended.
But although I really wanted to discuss some things with you, I’m even more curious about how you managed to do it? By quoting one sentence and then another in a continuous stream of responses.
So that’s it, so that’s it. Thank you for your guidance. Before, someone named Emperor Yoshiro already taught me this. At that time, I still didn’t know how to make a second citation and attach an image. Now looking back, actually it was because when I was translating the text on the forum, the translation software prevented me from making a second citation of the original text. Thank you.
thanks to chinese for killing 2-3 million japanese soldiers, thanks to US for destroying japanese navy, thanks to US for firebombing and killing 200-900k people and destroying industrial capacity in different cities, thanks to 2 atomic bombs killing ~150-200k people and destroying strategic locations, thanks to US who came to okinawa and were step away from landing on japanese soil.
so while soviets played a part in victory against the japan, it was minor compared to chinese and US contributions.
Khrushchev described how Stalin stressed the value of Lend-Lease aid: “He stated bluntly that if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war.”
And technically they didnt, western allies did.
War ended on success of d-day everything else was just kind of side quest.