They too had help from USA. Soviet only defended themselves, and instated another almost as bad regime throughout the countries they occupied.
There is no comparison.
tl;dr in 1945 nobody was confused that the USSR defeated the Nazis, it took until the 1990s for this perception to shift to the belief the US defeated the Nazis.
The soviets toppled Hitler.
They too had help from USA. Soviet only defended themselves, and instated another almost as bad regime throughout the countries they occupied.
There is no comparison.
Yes, they did. I never implied otherwise.
What? They literally invaded Berlin. Arrived days before the americans.
So you say. You’re entitled to have your own opinion.
You’re free to keep idolizing the USA too. Their propaganda is really good.
https://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5814270/the-successful-70-year-campaign-to-convince-people-the-usa-and-not
tl;dr in 1945 nobody was confused that the USSR defeated the Nazis, it took until the 1990s for this perception to shift to the belief the US defeated the Nazis.
And we have the biggest propaganda machine ever built to thank for that, Hollywood
Okay, but the Soviets were bad because they did Evil Communism. So what they did during WW2 doesn’t count.
I know you’re kidding but a significant portion of people around here believe something similar without any irony