War and Myth: Why Do We Commemorate May 8, Not May 9 (with English Subtitles)

On May 8, Ukraine observes the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II.
On this day in 1945, Nazi Germany signed the Act of Capitulation to the Allies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition: the USA, Britain, the USSR, and France. World War II became one of the largest armed conflicts in human history, claiming an estimated 50 to 85 million lives. Ukrainian losses in the war amounted to 5 million civilians and 3 million military personnel.
Today, Ukraine is once again fighting an aggressor. The Russian Federation, which has merged elements of Nazi and Communist totalitarian regimes, escalated from years of hybrid aggression to a full-scale war. Our struggle, ongoing since 2014, will undoubtedly end in victory over Rashism. Unlike Russia, Ukraine embodies the values of freedom, human rights, and democracy-values that became the cornerstone of the international order after World War II.
To mark the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, we present this video, which debunks the Soviet and Russian propaganda myth of "May 9 as the Day of Great Victory." This narrative, personally crafted by Stalin to emphasize the Soviet Union's grandeur, was later heavily exploited by Leonid Brezhnev’s regime and its successors. In modern Russia, this has morphed into the cult of "victory frenzy," where the memory of millions of war victims is replaced by carnival-like buffoonery and threats to civilized nations.
The video was produced by Prosto Production Studio.
Project team:
Anton Drobovych, Zoya Zablotska, Tetiana Boiko, Iryna Polonska, Volodymyr Tylishchak, and Viktoria Yaremenko.
The video uses materials from the book "War and Myth: The Unknown World War II" edited by Volodymyr Viatrovych, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Maksym Maiorov.

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