Parade of the Vanquished
Soviet parade of German POWs in Moscow (1944)
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The Parade of the Vanquished (Russian: Парад побеждëнных, romanized: Parad pobezhdyonnykh), also known as The Defeat Parade (Russian: Парад поражения, romanized: Parad porazheniya), was a march of German prisoners of war on 17 July 1944 in Moscow.[1][2] The parade was a result of the ongoing Operation Bagration on the Eastern Front, during World War II. Large numbers of German troops were held captive by the Soviets, and the operation was considered a turning point in the war and represented the largest losses of German troops.[3] Approximately 57,000 captured troops were chosen, organized and paraded in Moscow.[4] The parade was used by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to demonstrate the success of the operation.[5]
