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Originally Posted by kendo65
I would say the Russians could be on a similar level to the UK, and for similar reasons - finishing as victors.
All the other European countries have painful memories of defeat and occupation. Best forgotten.
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I don't think it's advisable to compare GB to Russia, the scales are VERY hard to match there..
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For the victors (in any conflict...?) there is more of a tendency to view it as a nation-defining achievement (though how long a country should keep clinging to its past glories is a valid question to raise)
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yep, how long? Is it because ww2 was probably the first well documented conflict of history and is still so vivid in our memories, and many vets are still around?