本日はこの話題とＥＵ勝ち組としてのドイツについて書こうかなと思っていたのだが、なんだか各国ともベタ扱いだね。
ＷＷⅡは遠くなりにけり・・・
ＷＷIIの顕彰に熱心なのはロシアと中共(笑)
つまり国家のレジティマシ−がぐらぐらしている国ですね、わかります。(^_^)
しかし前から気になるのは中共は日本軍国主義＝Japanese MilitarismとはいうけどJapanese Fascismとは言わないんだよね。
もちろん大きな括りでは「民主主義vs全体主義」という構図にちゃっかり乗っているんだけど、ロシアでは「民主主義ｖｓファシズム」と言う。
なにしろロシアはソ連式民主主義とは強弁できても全体主義であることは隠しようもないからね。
中共はもっと微妙。
ロシアはそボリシェビズムとファシズムを事実上ロシアとドイツの意味で使っているわけだけど、中国でそれをやろうとすると国民党をどう評価するか困る。
中共がボリシェビズムだとすれば、国民党がファシズムなの？日本がファシズムなの？同じ？
でも民主主義のはずの連合軍に属していたのは中華民国だよね。すると民主主義の国民党をやっつけた共産党ってなに？
てな具合。
なのでとにかく日本軍国主義というそれ自体は中立的な用語をつかっとくわけ。
それで普段は反ファシズムとか言わず反侵略戦争というナショナリズムに立脚するのだ。
ちなみにＶＥｄａｙという言い方もかなり政治的だ。
対日戦勝をＶＪｄａｙと言うように、ドイツに勝ったんだから単純にＶＧｄａｙと言えばいいのにわざわざ「ヨーロッパの勝利の日」という。
ドイツはヨーロッパじゃない？ということではなくて、ナチズムという危機に打ち勝ったという意味なんだよな。
悪いのはナチ。ドイツという国家そのものじゃないの。という深慮。
ちなみに画像で注目して欲しいのは、国教会の司教達が式典を取り仕切っているところ。
神に祈っているし。主要３政党党首全員出席しているし。
でもニッポンサヨクはこういうところで政教分離違反ニダと騒がないのだった。(^_^)
まぁ、日本でも関東大震災の慰霊祭では坊主が仕切って役人・政治家が出席するけど騒がないよね。
そんなことしたらますますサヨクは鼻つまみ者になっちゃうから。
結局、政教分離とかじゃなくて「天皇・神道が悪い」という特定"宗教"に対する嫌悪なのだ。
だったら最初から政教分離で騒がないで天皇・神道だから許さないという思想闘争しろと。
漏れはそういうニッポンサヨクのお為ごかしの無原則がイヤなわけ。
それにしても今日はネタの多い日だなあ。。。
VE Day 65 years on: Veterans recall jubilation
By Peter Jackson
BBC News, Whitehall
Cyril Tasker was posted to Palestine after the war until 1946As the Prince of Wales leads a service marking 65 years since the end of World War II in Europe, veterans recall the joy and sorrow of the occasion.
It is hard to imagine the joy that greeted Winston Churchill's announcement on 8 May 1945 that the war in Europe was finally over.
Millions who had shared more than five dark years now shared their excitement as they took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of the Nazis.
There were celebrations at home and a multitude of foreign posts, as the guns finally fell silent in Europe.
But it was also a time of sombre reflection for those who would not return - sentiments echoed by the 200 or so veterans who sat proudly through the 65th anniversary service at the Cenotaph in London.
I do remember in a mad way trying to climb a lamppost. There were so many people the atmosphere and excitement was just fantastic
Julie HarrisNow in their late 80s and 90s, many fought in the most significant battles in living memory.
As the Last Post sounded and Whitehall fell silent in cold and rain to observe a minute's silence, they bowed their heads to remember colleagues and friends who never came home.
Prince Charles laid the first wreath, followed by the heads of the armed forces, the leaders of the three main political parties, then a selected band of old warriors.
The veterans' societies raised their standards while the band of the Royal Marines played, and those who earned their medals as young men and women sat in quiet reflection in a sea of berets.
After wreath laying, prayers and readings, the service ended, and the crowd of some 2,000 broke into spontaneous applause and cries of "hip hip hooray" as the veterans rose to their feet and marched off.
The sailors received a rapturous VE Day welcome in Copenhagen
Among them was Ron Harris, 85, from Manchester, a telegraphist on board HMS Offa who was the first on the ship to learn that victory had been declared in Europe.
Many of his fellow seaman were asleep, but that did not stop him switching on the loud speakers and broadcasting the momentous news.
"I knocked the switch down and woke everybody up, and of course all hell broke lose, cheering, laughing and shouting," he told the BBC.
But he said the real party started two days later when they got to Copenhagen.
"They were waiting on the jetty, thousands of them on the jetty, and as we stepped ashore they just grabbed hold of us and took us off to their homes for eggs and bacon, which we hadn't seen for a long time," he said.
VE DAY 1945 TIMELINE
28 April: Mussolini is executed
30 April: Hitler commits suicide during Battle of Berlin
7 May: Germany's unconditional surrender is signed at General Eisenhower's headquarters in Rheims at 0241
8 May: Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the war is over
15 August: Japan surrenders after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Prince leads tributes on VE Day
"It means a hell of a lot to be here today, one never anticipated living this long, I'm very pleased that I made it... but obviously you remember the sad times as well.
"You remember all the people who got killed who never made it, friends of yours, so you've got two memories - happy and sad."
Bayden Hall, 85, was also in Copenhagen on VE Day and recalls some colleagues being asked for autographs and mischievously signing Charlie Chaplin and Glenn Miller in their jubilation.
Cyril Tasker, 87, from Lewis in East Sussex, served in the 6th Airborne Division and later took part in the D-Day Landings.
He celebrated VE Day with comrades and the Russian Army, swimming with them in Baltic Sea.
"It was out of this world, we were dancing with those Russians in the streets and having a few drinks. I don't drink a lot but I did that day," he said.
"With all we'd gone through, all our friends and mates we'd lost, it was absolutely fantastic."
Julie Harris won an Oscar for costume design on the film Darling
Back home Julie Harris, a 24-year-old in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, remembers trying to climb a lamppost in Regent's Park when she heard the news.The Cypher decoder, who went on to have a successful career as a costume designer, had been seriously injured three years earlier by a bomb at the Cafe de Paris in London which killed 80 people.
Now 89 and in a wheelchair, she recalled: "When VE Day came it was wonderful, the terrible fighting was going to end, but you also thought of friends in Japan who were prisoners of war where the fight was still going on.
"But one did think life was ahead of you suddenly, one felt there was a whole new world out there.
"We weren't in Piccadilly, but I do remember in a mad way trying to climb a lamppost. There were so many people the atmosphere and excitement was just fantastic."
The veterans, who went on to a reception on Horse Guards Parade hosted by the Royal British Legion, were flanked at the Cenotaph by personnel from today's three armed forces.
Capt Hulme has just returned from four months in Afghanistan
There was a strong sense that the tributes were no longer just for those fallen in distant conflicts but for those still prepared to lay down their lives today.
Capt James Hulme, 26, from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, has just returned from a four-month tour of Afghanistan and has several relatives who served in WWII.
They include one of the first officers to liberate the German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
He said it was "very humbling" to stand alongside the veterans at the national monument of remembrance.
"Lots of people representing serving forces at the moment would have just come back from tours of Iraq and Afghanistan and I dare say there were troubled times out there.
"It's good to know we're not the only generation that's experienced hardship, and fighting for a cause. It's nice we've got something to share across the generations."
As the veterans left - on foot and in wheelchairs - reflecting on the eternal virtues of courage and sacrifice, it was moving to think, for some, this may be their last major anniversary.
胡錦涛主席、ロシア首相と会談
2010-05-09 14:01:26
http://japanese.cri.cn/881/2010/05/09/162s158433.htm
中国の胡錦涛国家主席は8日モスクワでロシアのプーチン首相と会談しました。双方は、中ロの戦略的な協力パートナーシップの推進や一部の国際問題と地域問題について重要な共通認識に達しました。
胡主席は、「今年はロシアの祖国防衛戦争勝利65周年だ。中国とロシアは世界の反ファシスト戦争の勝利のために歴史的な貢献をした。第2次世界大戦の歴史において、中国とロシアの立場は一致している。中国はロシアと共に一連の活動を行い、世界の反ファシスト戦争勝利65周年を祝賀したい」と述べました。
胡主席はまた当面の中ロ関係の発展を高く評価し、「当面の情勢の下、中ロは相互尊重、相互支援、全方位的戦力協力を強化して行くべきだ。また、エネルギーなど重要な分野における協力も引き続き堅持し、両国の実務的な協力を新たな段階に推進させていく必要がある。中国はロシアとテロ取締りについての交流と協力を強化し、共に、三つの勢力（民族分離勢力、宗教極端勢力、テロ勢力）を打倒し、地域の平和と安定を維持して行くべきだ」と述べました。
プーチン首相は、胡主席がロシアの祖国防衛戦争勝利65周年の祝典に出席したことに心から歓迎の意を示し、「両国は第2次世界大戦で肩を並べて戦い、ドイツファシストと日本軍国主義を打ち破るために重大な貢献をした。ロシアは各分野における中国との実務的な協力を強化し、協力の分野を一段と拡大し、両国の戦略的な協力パートナーシップを絶えず強化して行く。さらに、上海万国博覧会の開幕を祝う。万博は北京オリンピックについで、中国が主催するもう一つの国際的な盛典だ」と述べました。「翻訳：トウエンカ」
