Russian Communist Party: Suggest changing the outbreak time of World War II to "July 7, 1937" militarism | Japan | Time
According to a report by Russian news agency, Dmitry Novikov, a member of the Russian State Duma, stated on July 26 that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation suggested changing the date of the outbreak of World War II to July 7, 1937, which is the date when the Japanese militarist authorities launched a full-scale war of aggression against China.
Novikov told reporters, "There is one important issue regarding the work of writing a new version of history textbooks, which we believe is to discuss with the historical community about the time frame of World War II."
Novikov said that the Russian Communist Party suggested changing the start date of World War II from September 1, 1939, when Germany began attacking Poland, to the day when the Japanese militarist authorities launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, which was July 7, 1937.
According to reports, on June 24th, Russian President Putin signed a decree renaming September 3rd as the Victory Day of the Anti Japanese Militarism War and the End of World War II.
On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed a surrender letter to the Allied powers aboard the American warship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. September 3rd has always been used by Russia as a commemorative day for the end of World War II.
Analysts believe that after the escalation of the Ukraine crisis, Japan joined the US and Western camps to condemn and sanction Russia, portraying Russia as a "disruptor of the international order" while claiming to be a "pacifist country" and occupying the so-called "moral high ground". The addition of "anti Japanese militarism" in the name of the commemoration day of the end of World War II by the Russian side is to emphasize Japan's evil deeds as an aggressor and the source of war, as well as its position as a defeated country in the post-war international order, with the intention of deconstructing Japan's "moral advantage".