War is never expected. An attack always occurs suddenly. And only after enough years are left behind, as a result of a scrupulous analysis of previous events, historians will make a statement about how inevitable the terrible events were. What is Victory Day, everyone knows. Even those who did not study the details of previous events did not go deep into history and were not interested in the origin of this holiday.
Nevertheless, on the ninth of May of each year, starting in 1945, many countries celebrate this bright holiday, honor veterans and conduct a festive concert on Victory Day, ending with a salute. An integral part of the annual holiday is also considered a military parade and laying flowers at memorials.Victory Day. history of the holiday
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German troops were expelled from the Ruhr basin and the Rhine region, Soviet soldiers advanced to the Elba River. Hitler ended his life on April 30th. By that time, he had survived four assassination attempts. The second of May was the surrender of Berlin. What is Victory Day? This is the same number when Germany surrendered to the grace of the enemy. The act of unconditional surrender was signed on the eighth of the fifth month of 1945, at night. Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union, as well as the British, French and Americans. Even before the signing of the final Act of military surrender in Karlshorst, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, placing his signature on the decree, proclaimed the ninth day of the month of May as a holiday, Victory Day.Some little-known facts.
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On May 1, 1945, a red flag was set over the Reichstag. It is he who is considered the Banner of Victory. There is information that several groups went up on the roof with flags, and which of them managed to be the first is unknown. But there is an official version. According to this version, the flag of Berest, Egorov and Kantaria was set.
But it is known that in the photo depicting this moment, in fact, Kovalev, Ismailov and Gorichev were captured. The photo was taken already on the second of May, after the capture of Berlin, and later was heavily edited. Puffs of smoke were depicted on the negative, which were supposed to indicate an ongoing battle. One of the soldiers also had a trophy watch, which then disappeared from the photograph. This was done so that no one could accuse the troops of the Soviet Union of looting.Where did the piece of the banner disappear?
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The first Victory Day, the parade in honor of which was held on the twenty-fourth of June 1945, was somewhat late. It was planned for the end of May, but the garment factories, tasked with making ten thousand full-dress uniforms for soldiers for the holiday, did not meet the deadlines.
All the soldiers who were selected for the parade had the same height and had to train ten hours a day. A flight of aircraft was also planned, but had to be canceled due to heavy rain. Took a parade of beetles on a white horse. Stalin was supposed to be in his place, but on the eve of Joseph Vissarionovich fell from his horse and entrusted this matter to Marshal Zhukov.Twenty year break
In modern life, congratulations on Victory Day in poems and songs sound annually from the local scenes of different cities and towns.
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And only in the nineteen sixty-fifth year, this holiday again revived thanks to Brezhnev. A second parade was held. The next major military parade was in nineteen eighty-fifth, and then in the ninety. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, parades began to be held only from the ninety-fifth year, but since then they have been held annually.Interesting Facts
Despite the fact that Victory Day is May 9, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, the war officially ended only on January 25, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-fifth.
One of the symbols of Victory was the stripes with St. George ribbon. This tape was approved in the eighteenth year and was a reward for valor.
In Europe, this holiday is celebrated on May 8, and in America on September 2, the day Japan won.
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