Victory Parade (1945) Subtitled

On 24 June 1945, a scant six weeks following the Fall of Berlin and the end of the Great Patriotic War, residents of the USSRs capital city were treated to the spoils of victory a massive military parade. Organized and undertaken on the direct orders of Stalin himself, the 1945 Victory Parade was (and remains) the largest ever held on Moscows Red Square. 40, 000 soldiers, sailors, and other service personnel accompanied by 1, 850 tanks, artillery pieces, and assorted equipment were mobilized for the occa