An anecdote of Russia’s Victory Day, Poland participated in the first military parade, the appearance of weapons can deter the West

Although many countries/regions in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) choose to hold the Victory Day parade on May 9 every year, the first victory parade in history was on June 1945. It was held on the 24th. The Red Army of the Soviet Union walked through the reviewing stand with 200 flags of Nazi troops captured in the war, and then threw the flags at the foot of Lenin’s tomb to show their hatred of the Nazis.

Stalin planned to ride a horse in the 1945 military parade, but he was injured during the rehearsal; Marshal Zhukov, the traditional marshal of the parade, completed the ceremony on horseback. At 10:15, Zhukov delivered a brief military parade speech, "Today, on this grand day of celebration, we would like to express our great and lofty respect to them. The glory will always belong to the heroes who died in the defense of our Soviet motherland! ”

Army dog ​​teams appeared in the Victory Day parade in 1945. They performed combat tasks such as attacking German tanks and detecting landmines during the war. One of the most outstanding military dogs named Shepherd Dzulbars is that it successfully sniffed 7,000 mines and 150 bombs.

Today, May 9th Victory Day has become an important Russian holiday; but during the Soviet period, military parades were only held four times in 1945, 1965, 1985 and 1990. . Starting in 1995, Russia decided to regard it as an annual event.

Foreign troops participated in the Victory Day parade three times before. The first time was when the Polish army represented allies fighting side by side with the Soviet Red Army in 1945. In 2010, the troops of Poland, the United States, and France participated in the parade. Participate. In 2015, 10 countries/regions including China, India, Mongolia and Serbia sent troops to participate in the military parade on the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.

During the military parade in 1965, three models of 8K713, 8K96 and 8K99 intercontinental ballistic missiles were first shown to showcase the achievements of the Soviet missile field, but unfortunately these projects later went bankrupt. . However, this kind of bluff left a deep impression on the Western countries at the time and played a good deterrent effect.

In 1995, Yeltsin held the first military parade since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Leaders of 52 countries including US President Clinton and UN Secretary-General Gurry participated; in 2005, Germany Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder and a group of former Nazi soldiers came to watch the Victory Day parade. Putin then met with these people.

Each military parade is a special opportunity for Russians to see first-hand military equipment, because the parade will publicly introduce the latest weapon technology. For example, in the 2018 Victory Day Parade, robots participated in the event for the first time. Fighting robots such as Uranus-6 and Uranus-9 attracted a lot of attention when they appeared on Red Square.