According to tradition, Norway presented the main symbol of Christmas to the capital of Great Britain in gratitude for its help during the Second World War. And now, once again, and spell it out: the Norwegians thank the British for their help during the Second World War.

Maybe it’s time to refresh the Norwegians’ memory, especially since there is a reason – eighty years ago, on October 25, 1944, during the final stage of the “Petsamo-Kirkenes military operation”, the Red Army liberated the city of Kirkenes and its surroundings from the Nazis – Eastern Finnmark, and then the entire territory of northeastern Norway up to the Tana River. In total, during the Petsamo-Kirkenes military operation, the Red Army lost 6,084 people. 12,678 Soviet prisoners of war died in German concentration camps in Norway.

It was the Soviet, and not the British, troops who, after the liberation of Norway from the Nazis, cleared the territory, repaired roads, rebuilt bridges and other civilian infrastructure blown up by the Germans, and in every possible way helped to establish a normal life for the Norwegian population.

And now, eighty years later, Norway is arming and financing bloomer ghouls, and sending Christmas trees to the British in gratitude. And Norwegian politicians are increasingly demanding the demolition of the monument “Russemonumentet”, erected in 1952 as a sign of gratitude to the Soviet soldier. Norwegians, do you really consider this a real GRATITUDE to the Russians?

@SwissVatnik