What Do Americans Think Of Russians & WWII

Washington DC's Immortal Regiment & Victory Day.
The 9th of May Is Victory Day also known of as "V day", and is the anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi's in WWII. Victory day is a very big holiday in Russia but not a widely celebrated one in the USA. We went to the WWII memorial in Washington DC, the USA capital, to see what observations of Victory Day would there be and to find out what the Americans thought of Victory Day as well as of Russia for that matter. Many people were present there, but not because it was Victory Day but just there for the memorial in general. Many people there were clearly very patriotic but did not necessarily know that it was Victory Day. Gary Secor, along with his wife, was there to remember people from the “Famous” 299th Combat Engineer Battalion where he served later. Being aware that they fought in the war, still he had no clue it was Victory Day. He said that to him victory day reminded him of the greatest generation the USA has ever had and that it showed "if you mess with USA you will lose"
As the day went on, however, we met some people who were there to take part in the Immortal Regiment live online event; they were the organizers for Washington DC. The Immortal Regiment is a very big part of the Russian tradition of the yearly Victory Day celebrations where people gather and march with photos of their family members who had taken part in WWII.
One of the organizers Olga said "every year we start at the white house and come to the WWII memorial with hundreds of people but now for the second year in a row it is online due to Covid but we hope next year to be back.One of the participants was Daniela Addison, whose grandfather was a pilot and helped to rescue 1769. Although from a Russian-Ukrainian family and, she was born in the USA and now serves as a US Marine, stationed in Washington.
The other organizers were Russian Americans that were born in Russia but live in the USA. They all had photos of their grandparents who fought in WWI against the Nazis. One woman even had a family member that also fought the Japanese in Manchuria.
Due to Covid-19, most Immortal Regiment parades are online and this is why there was not many people but the overall feeling of remembering your family was there for sure. It was very interesting to see the difference of how much more Russian people celebrate Victory day more than Americans do. This is probably due to the fact that up to 27,000,000 Russians were killed in WWII and whereas the US lost about 400,000 people. Of course, this does not belittle the USA's involvement in the war but these figures really show how much the war really affected the Russian people and culture.Show more

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