Triple holiday of May 9: special day for Armenian people
May 9, 2013 – 01:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – May 9 is a special day for Armenian people. In 1945,
the defeat of fascist Germany saved us from Turkish occupation, and,
consequently, the second Genocide. This might be the reason Armenians
fought not only for their Soviet motherland, which was understandable,
but for Armenia as well. The small Armenia gave the world three
Marshalls – Hovhannes Baghramyan, Hamazasp Babajanyan, Armenak
Khanferyants and one admiral – Ivan Isakov. The heroes of the Soviet
Union, holders of the Order of Glory – their names are forever written
in the memories of the Armenian people.
It’s no secret that if German forces hadn’t been stopped at
Stalingrad, Turkish army would immediately have broken into the
Armenian SSR. World War II lessons must not be forgotten or
diminished, though one of the most bloody wars in the history of
humanity keeps being `rewritten’ for political gains of different
countries. Yes, in Soviet times the history of the Great Patriotic war
was seen the way it was presented by the USSR Political Bureau. Yet,
this is the war as it was actually experienced by Soviet people and
the second front, opened in 1944, when the outcome of the war was
clear. The Allies helped: by providing equipment, weaponry and fuel,
but it was Soviet Army who fought the war. 20 to 27 million Soviet
people and about half a million Americans died in World War II. We
don’t mean to extol or diminish the sacrifice of either ones, but
justice requires to own the great contribution of the Soviet army to
the victory.
47 years later, on May 9, Armenian army won another victory,
liberating the ancient capital of Karabakh, Shushi. It was here that
Karabakh’s present-time defense army was born, believed by many
experts to be the one of the strongest in the region. Every year, the
triple holiday of May 9 is celebrated by veterans of Artsakh war and
WWII alike. Their numbers dwindle as years pass by, they might be old
and ill, but they keep the memory of those years alive.
Karine Ter-Sahakyan / PanARMENIAN News
From: A. Papazian
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