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A letter from the 20th century

 

On the 22nd of June in 1941

The Great Patriotic War in my Motherland had begun.

It was Sunday early morning,

the country peacefully slept,

but a horrible idea Hitler had kept.

Without announcing the war he had given order

to bomb the Soviet Republics border.

Hitler planned to capture the country

by unexpected military actions.

He was sure to occupy the ...

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second world war

The Victory Day

 

  The 8th -9th of May – the Greatest Day,

the Saint Holiday – the Victory Day.

A holiday with glee and spree,

a holiday with tears that appear

remembering those soldiers,

the heroes of the Second World War.

Those hardcore days

we don’t want to face anymore.

That was the largest war

in the history of mankind,

I don’t want you to be blind

but to ...

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second world war

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