1945 British victory parade in Berlin explained

The 1945 British victory parade in Berlin was a military parade held by the British Army on 21 July 1945 in Berlin, the capital of the then-defeated Germany.[1] [2] It took place on Charlottenburger Chaussee, which is west of Brandenburg Gate. The parade took place a month after the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 and over six weeks before the Berlin Victory Parade.[3] [4] It was attended by Winston Churchill[5] in his position as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief of the 21st Army Group.[6] Clement Attlee, who was Leader of the Labour Party at the time and succeeded Churchill 5 days later, also attended. The parade occurred during the Potsdam Conference which had begun 4 days earlier with the participation of Churchill, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin and President Harry S. Truman.[7]

10,000 troops of the British Army took part in the event.[8] Attendees also included Henry H. Arnold and George Marshall, both five-star Generals.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC – WW2 People's War – The War of Ernest H Foard MM, 1939 to 1945, Part 3. www.bbc.co.uk . 8 August 2023 .
  2. Web site: 3 Days in Berlin . 7 August 2020 . The Travelling Tom . 8 August 2023 .
  3. Web site: VE Day & Berlin Victory Parade Commemoration Page. https://web.archive.org/web/20070827044545/http://www.desertratsorg.btinternet.co.uk/VEDay.htm. dead. 2007-08-27. 27 August 2007. 21 October 2019.
  4. Book: 1945 The Second World War in Photographs: A Brave New World. John. Christopher. Campbell. McCutcheon. June 15, 2015. Amberley Publishing Limited. 9781445622316. Google Books.
  5. Web site: A British military parade in Berlin, Germany on 21 July 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories. www.ww2online.org.
  6. Web site: Winston Churchill in Berlin, July 1945 | Imperial War Museums . Iwm.org.uk . 21 August 1945 . 20 October 2019.
  7. Web site: British Victory Parade 1945: Desert Rats! May Your Glory Ever Shine!. July 19, 2018. Berlin Experiences.
  8. Web site: Allied Victory Parade 1945: The Forgotten Parade. September 7, 2018. Berlin Experiences.
  9. Web site: [Photo] General Henry Arnold, Marshal Charles Portal, Field Marshal Harold Alexander, General George Marshall, and Admiral Ernest King at the British victory parade in Berlin, Germany, 21 Jul 1945]. WW2DB.

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