Sitaram Yechury shares iconic picture of World War II, here is why it was doctored
Op IndiaMay 9 marks the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s World War II triumph over Nazi Germany. May 9 is a national holiday in Russia honouring the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. To mark the occasion, CPI leader Sitaram Yechury took to Twitter to share an iconic World War II photograph, ‘Raising a Flag over the Reichstag‘, taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945. The original image is on the left while the doctored image is on the right Why the Soviets doctored their most iconic World War II victory photo- “Raising a Flag Over the Reichstag” Khaldei stated that he modified the image at the request of the Ogonyok’s editor-in-chief, who noticed that Senior Sergeant Abdulkhakim Ismailov, who was assisting the flag-bearer, was wearing two watches. Rampant atrocities, killings, mass rapes of women, and looting by Soviet soldiers during the WWII The Soviet Union entered World War II in September 1939, when the Red Army marched into eastern Poland and attempted, in coordination with Nazi Germany, to depose the government and dismember the country, however German invasion of the USSR in 1941 changed their stance.
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