What if it weren't raining in this parade?

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What no Nazi standards to rain down in front of Stalin? Stalin may have bugg**ed off home to complete his rewriting of the war.

 

Wrong answer! Off to Kholima with you!

If the weather was clear the 2 batteries of 8 x 122mm Howitzers providing the salvoes would have sounded even louder!

Look for the youtube films of this parade I provided a year or so ago.

 

I still like my one as it was sexy with a bit of class.

 

Nice Picture Za Rodinu, from which parade is it?

 

This is THE parade! The glorious Red Army marching heroically through the Red Square after the fall of the Reich to show of their trophies!

 

1945 Victory Parade in Color

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

 

It is only "The" Parade becasue the SU never beat the US that would then have become "THE" Parade.

 

If Hitler did not interfere, they could have been Waffen SS marching thorugh Hitlerplatz downtown Moscow presenting Hitler with the colours of the Soviet Army, but we'll never know.

 

Come quickly Za !!! The BS meter is needed. Bring the RR as someone needs to have his faith in the revolution realigned! It is 0211 and I'm off to bed. Don't want to be banned over bad humor.

 

Looks dry to me. Did I miss something in translation ?

 

I was looking at the picture again and I still don't see the rain but I was wondering why they all wore different styles of helmets ? From the right, numbers 4,5,and 6 have different helmets. #4 looks American.

 

I think the photo is a fake, i see the third Soviet soldier from the left smiling, the Russians don't have a sense of humour. I smell set up.

 

By popular request...

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Hey, von Rundstedt, what's the matter with you? Fake? What are you going to tell me next, the Holocaust pics are fake? Don't play games with P_twinlugers:

Do a google on "Moscow victory parade 1945"

Here it is; the largest parade ever on Red Square, June 24, 1945.

Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - Парад Победы 1945 года | 1945 Moscow Victory Parade see after sec.25 and wipe your tears!

German Flags at the 1945 Soviet Victory Parade

German flags, banners, militaria

Victory Parade, Moscow, Red Square, June 24, 1945 - Military Photos Images Pictures Discussion

And at the sound of the Preobrachenskyi March: Russia At War 1941-1945 Victory

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Moral: "Never bring a nail-clipper to a knifefight!"​

And from the official forum gallery at http://www.ww2f.com/gfx/​

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The parade took hours and it did drizzle at times. As it was June, I suggest it was dry enough at the time this pic was taken, which is at the close of the ceremony. When Marshals Zhukov and Rokossovsky came into Red Square on horseback the ground was distinctly wet.

And your avatar is still ugly!

 

Za Rodinu could you ask one of those guys, if they can miss one of those Standards? I guess they got enough.

 

They're rotting in museum basements I guess.. There are many musea
asking for standards, Russia, doesn't give them..

I'm volunteer at a museum, and I do know people from other musea (in different countries) they did ask for a standard but they don't give them to a museum (or borrow).

Once there was a standard on the internet and DAMN that price went really high.

 

I have seen many many of these standards first hand in many Russian Museums in both Moscow and St. Petersburg ( just to name a few ) not a single one looked like it was suffering from rust. In fact they along with all of the other WW2 trophies from the magnificent 3rd Reich are taken care of quite well in Russia and are on display for all to see

Russia paid for these trophies with more blood, I understand why she does not just hand them out.....