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The 1945 Moscow Victory Parade (Russian: Парад Победы, romanized: Parad Pobedy), also known as the Parade of Victors (Russian: Парад победителей, romanized: Parad pobediteley), was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces (with the Color Guard Company representing the First Polish Army) after the defeat of Nazi Germany.
July in Berlin also saw a British parade (the 1945 British Berlin Victory Parade). [2] [3] Senior officers present at the parade were Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov from the USSR, General George S. Patton from the United States, [1] General Brian Robertson, from the United Kingdom, and General Marie-Pierre Kœnig from France. [4]
The first official proposal to celebrate Victory Day with a parade appeared at a meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine on 27 March 1945. The first military parade since the liberation of Kyiv was held on International Workers Day (1 May), being dubbed in the local media as a "Victory Parade".
The first victory day parade on Red Square took place with the participation of the Red Army and a small detachment from the First Polish Army on 24 June 1945. After a 20-year hiatus, the parade was held again and became a regular tradition among Eastern Bloc countries and Soviet allies.
Watch as Russia stages its annual Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square, marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. President Vladimir Putin made a speech on Tuesday (9 May) amid ...
Victory over Japan Day, Victory Day (9 May) and Europe Day Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front , with the last known shots fired ...
The festivities on 9 May every year pay homage to the country’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 and is considered the largest secular event in the Russian calendar. Putin raises a toast during ...
On Monday, the Ocean State celebrates Victory Day, which marks the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945.