Color Footage of the 1945 Mockba Victory Parade
The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 was a victory parade held by the Soviet army (with a small squad from the Polish army) after the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet capital of Moscow, mostly centering around a military parade through Red Square. The parade took place on a rainy June 24, 1945, over a month after May 9, the day of Germany’s surrender to Soviet commanders. You can see how heavily the USSR relied on Lend Lease with the impressive quantity of US gear (trucks and Jeeps) that pop up throughout the video.