很多朋友總覺得「西方不承認前蘇聯是二戰主戰場、付出最大犧牲」,其實這是誤解。西方史學界與博物館,早就有明確表述:
學者觀點
“The great majority of German casualties occurred on the Eastern Front.”
——Richard Overy, We must not forget how war was won
英國帝國戰爭博物館
“On the Eastern Front the Soviet Union faced 75% of the German army on its own.”
——IWM, Operation Bagration
美國二戰國家博物館
“More combatants were killed on the Eastern Front than in all other theaters of World War II combined.”
美國大屠殺紀念館
“The German–Soviet theater was the largest and deadliest of World War II.”
大英百科全書
“The Eastern Front was the major theatre of combat during World War II.”
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從這些權威原文就能看出:
二戰歐洲的主戰場在東線;德軍主要損失都發生在對前蘇聯的戰爭中;前蘇聯付出的犧牲與承擔的壓力,是全世界公認的歷史事實,西方史學界從沒有淡化前蘇聯對二戰的貢獻與犧牲。學術界和一線博物館,早已給出最清晰的答案。