DISINFO: The West wages a campaign to rewrite WWII history

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DISINFO: The West wages a campaign to rewrite WWII history

SUMMARY

The West wages a deliberate campaign of revising WWII history in order to change the perception of the USSR and also of Russia.

RESPONSE

Part of a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative according to which the West is trying to rewrite WWII history, often fueled by another narrative, accusing the West o Russophobia. The narrative is part of the Kremlin’s own practice of historical revisionism in which all views and interpretations of past events not in accordance with an official state history are to be dismissed, censured and discredited.

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Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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