WASHINGTON, 25 APR – RIA Novosti. Pandemic coronavirus shows that Russia and USA fought together against Nazi Germany, should resume relations, renouncing confrontation, told RIA Novosti the American world war II veteran 94-year-old Colonel Frank Cohn.
Cohn was a participant in the historic meeting of Soviet and American troops on the Elbe river on 25 April 1945. According to him, he was appointed translator, even though he knew in Russian only one word “comrade.”
the Veteran emphasizes that the Soviet soldiers took us allies very warm. “We hugged, kissed and immediately offered vodka. I was 19 years old and I have never tried it, but immediately realized that I better not drink too much,” recalls Kohn.
Veteran compared the struggle against the common enemy 75 years ago and at the present time, noting that the Second world war was much more dangerous than the coronavirus COVID-19 and claimed far more lives, especially in the Soviet Union.
He urged politicians of Russia and the USA to exploit the opportunity for convergence of views and understanding.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest world health organization, worldwide there were more than 2.6 million cases, more than 181 thousand people died.
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