secondworldwarineurope: Soviet soldiers with lowered standards of the defeated Nazi forces during th

secondworldwarineurope:

Soviet soldiers with lowered standards of the defeated Nazi forces during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, 1945.  A total of 200 banners and standards of the defeated Nazi troops were carried by the Soviet Army. These banners were laid on a platform at the foot of Lenin’s Mausoleum. The first was Hitler’s personal standard.  (top image)

Veterans of the Red Army celebrate Victory Day along with today’s Russian Army at a Victory Day parade in the Red Square. 

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