

I literally don’t understand how renaming “Victory in Europe” day to “Victory Day for World War Two” downplays the role of allied forces.
It’s… right under the headline.
US president downplays role of allied forces in defeating Nazism, saying ‘nobody was close to us in terms of bravery or brilliance’
It doesn’t. It’s just how the headline is written. It’d be nice if they didn’t do it that way, but that’s the grammatically-recognized way of doing it.