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Old 05-06-2010, 01:46 PM
Feuerfalke Feuerfalke is offline
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Originally Posted by csThor View Post
The only problem I see with this development is that modern Russia itself is not making any effort to go over its archives and throw out the most obvious Stalinist distortions or at least mark them as such. That's a pity.

So it remains to be seen what this "patriotism" thing will be about and how it'll be represented.
That's not entirely true. In the past weeks a lot of things have changed concerning this specific topic. It seems that Polands tragic loss in the end has at least started a change e.g. in regarding things that happened on the eastern front. Documents are opened and reports released to the public, discussions are started.
Looking at what IL2 has done for the interest in the eastern front, I have no doubt that historic missions and contents in SoW can serve as an ambassador for more than that.

In either case, the petition is just.

On a personal note: I loved this part:
The project is now being finalized