SIR – D S Boyes (T&A, May 25) is not alone in conveniently forgetting the major contribution made by the Soviet Union in defeating Hitler.

But to defend the Axis forces on the Eastern Front is an insult to the Allied seafarers who served and died on the Arctic convoys supplying the Soviets, and also the RAF fighter squadrons based in Northern Russia during the Second World War.

David Peckover, Park Avenue, Thackley