Parade of the Vanquished

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]

German prisoners of war paraded in Moscow

Soviet newsreel on the Parade of the Vanquished