WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INFORMATION WAR AGAINST MODERN RUSSIA
The paper contains a reasoned criticism of the modern Western historiography of the Great Patriotic War in the context of the information war against Russia. Based on the analysis of the works of English and American historians, the authors prove that the historians of the United States and Great Britain not only admit some errors in the coverage of events, but consciously distort the facts, trying to cast doubt on the decisive contribution of the peoples of the Soviet Union to the victory over German fascism. For this purpose, forgers of history actively use techniques proven since the Cold War: silence and subjective interpretation of historical facts, unsubstantiated accusations against the USSR, ignoring the works of Russian historians. The paper concludes that the role of Western historiography is to create a pseudoscientific basis for a propaganda campaign aimed at replacing historical truth with anti-Russian ideological cliches in order to ensure the manipulation of mass consciousness and political behavior of people.