This is how the German soldiers captured by the Soviets in 1944 were humiliated.

Описание: On July 17, 1944, at the height of World War II, Moscow became the stage for a symbolic and deeply humiliating event for Nazi Germany: the “Parade of the Defeated.” On that day, over 57,000 German soldiers captured during Operation Bagration were forced to march through the streets of the Soviet capital under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of citizens. It was a powerful show of Soviet strength and a direct response to years of brutal occupation by the Nazis.

As the prisoners trudged silently, many of them thin and exhausted, trucks followed to wash the streets behind them—a symbolic gesture suggesting the enemy’s taint had to be cleansed. There was no violence, but no mercy either. The Soviet message was clear: not only had they survived the German onslaught, they were turning the tide of the war.

Organized under Stalin’s orders, the parade served both as propaganda and retribution. For the Soviet people, it marked justice and pride. For the Germans, it was a bitter preview of total defeat. The images of that day would echo long after the war was over.

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