RT’s video uses the wartime PM’s real quote praising the Red Army for “tearing the guts out” of the Wehrmacht
RT has released AI-generated footage of Winston Churchill highlighting the crucial role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Nazi Germany and other Axis powers.
As the world prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory next week, the video responds to a tendency in the West to often overlook or downplay the USSR’s contribution. The Soviet Union destroyed the bulk of the German forces and lost around 27 million people in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.
In the clip, Churchill is shown reacting to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s remarks during his visit to the White House in February. “No two countries have done more together to keep people safe,” Starmer said. “And in a few weeks’ time we’ll mark … the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe. Britain and America fought side-by-side to make that happen.”
Churchill’s quote used in the video is authentic, taken from his letter to Joseph Stalin. “I shall take the occasion to repeat tomorrow in the House of Commons what I have said before, that it is the Russian army that tore the guts out of the German military machine and is at the present moment holding by far the larger portion of the enemy on its front,” the British wartime leader wrote on September 27, 1944.
The letter was written as the Red Army was on the offensive, following its decisive victory over the Wehrmacht in the massive Battle of Kursk.
