In the Soviet Union the term "Great Patriotic War" was introduced to cover up the close cooperation of the USSR with Germany until June 22, 1941.

This is on air "The Observer. LIVE "was told by the historian and archivist Vladimir Birchak.

"My friend, the famous Ukrainian historian Alexander Zinchenko very well characterized this term. He said that the Great Patriotic War is just a fig leaf that the Soviet Union wanted to cover up its shameful cooperation with the Third Reich, "Birchak said..

At the same time, he recalled that, beginning on September 1, 1939, the USSR and Germany jointly divided spheres of influence in Europe.

"During these two years, supplies from the USSR to the Third Reich were uninterrupted. This oil, grain, nickel, platinum, copper. Huge supplies. There was cooperation in the military plan. There are facts about the fact that during the Polish campaign a Polish unit was destroyed by joint actions, "added the historian.

In addition, according to him, there are many other facts of cooperation between the USSR and Germany during this period.

"This is one of the reasons why it was necessary to forget about the Second World War, its beginning, and these two years of active cooperation of the Soviet Union with the Third Reich. And instead show the war heroic, "- concluded Birchak.

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Birchak told, due to which the USSR managed to recover after the German attack on June 22, 1941.

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