Great Patriotic War

Japanese: 大祖国戦争 - だいそこくせんそう(英語表記)Velikaya Otechestvennaya voina
Great Patriotic War
The Soviet name for World War II. Stalin coined the term in reference to Russia's war against Napoleon, calling it the Patriotic War, in order to awaken patriotic sentiment.

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Japanese:
第2次世界大戦に対するソ連での呼称。ロシアの対ナポレオン戦争を祖国戦争と呼んだことにちなみ,スターリンが愛国意識を呼びさますためにこのように呼んだ。

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