1945 British victory parade in Berlin

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 Straße des 17. Juni, which is east 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]

Three column of Britihs troops marching down the Charlottenburg Chaussee in Berlin
British troops march down the Charlottenburg Chaussee in Berlin.

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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References
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  2. "3 Days in Berlin". The Travelling Tom. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. "VE Day & Berlin Victory Parade Commemoration Page". 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. Christopher, John; McCutcheon, Campbell (June 15, 2015). 1945 The Second World War in Photographs: A Brave New World. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445622316 – via Google Books.
  5. "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. "Winston Churchill in Berlin, July 1945 | Imperial War Museums". Iwm.org.uk. 21 August 1945. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. "British Victory Parade 1945: Desert Rats! May Your Glory Ever Shine!". Berlin Experiences. July 19, 2018.
  8. "Allied Victory Parade 1945: The Forgotten Parade". Berlin Experiences. September 7, 2018.
  9. "[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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