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Wannebetheace, there has been much controversy over these topics from all sides and participants of all nations involved in the conflict back then. Naturally, every side is biased, the anglo saxons, the russians, the japanese and the germans all have their very own legends and exegerations. That is no secret, the hot debates over aircraft performances should be a clear indicator of these attitutes existence to this very day.

Nevertheless, in recent years, and at least from an historians point of view, the russian cause in WW2 has been thouroughly reexamined in literature, TV and as you can see here, games. A new appreciation has developed for the eastern front, not without great influence by the whole IL2 series. The planes and pilots get their share of coverage, and the T34 is widely regarded as the best tank of WW2, even in western countries. So I think a lot of the impressions by russians that the eastern front is neglected in the whole picture of events is not quite up to date anymore. Book series like "Black Cross - Red Star", co written by both western and eastern authors, have marked a timeshift quite some time ago.

But despite these changes there is a growing tendency mostly by russians to warp the picture quite remarkly, especially aiming at the german side of the conflict. What you posted is a classic example of quite a subtle dismanteling approach, truth, half truth and lies seemless flowing together, with references only taken from books when it servers to prove an agenda. It's neither objective nor scientific and that's what is bothering people.

From all the ppl in WW2, the russians suffered and contributed the most to win this war. There really is no need to denote the achievements of the german pilots and crews just for emotionals gains. They did their job like any other air force back then did, too. And yes, that includes strafing civilians and shooting chutes. Something "all" participating nations did.