Taiwan denounces Russia, China for distorting World War Two history

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's authorities connected Friday criticised Russia and China for distorting World War Two history, saying Chinese communist forces made "no important contribution" to warring Japan and alternatively took the accidental to grow their ain forces.

Taiwan has since the commencement of this twelvemonth sought to formed the warfare arsenic a acquisition to China successful wherefore aggression volition extremity successful failure, punctual the satellite it was not the authorities successful Beijing that won the war.

The Chinese authorities astatine the clip was the Republic of China, portion of the U.S., British and Russian-led alliance, and its forces did overmuch of the warring against Japan, putting connected intermission a bitter civilian warfare with Mao Zedong's Communists whose subject besides fought the Japanese.

The enactment authorities past fled to Taiwan successful 1949 aft yet being defeated by Mao, and Republic of China remains the antiauthoritarian island's authoritative name.

Responding to comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the warfare was won nether the enactment of China's communist party, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said it was the Republic of China authorities and radical who fought and yet won.

"The Chinese communists lone took the accidental to grow and consolidate communist forces, and made nary important publication to the warfare of resistance, fto unsocial 'leading' the warfare of resistance," it said.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Xi is successful Moscow to be Friday's subject parade marking the 80th day of the extremity of the warfare successful Europe.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Philippa Fletcher)