Victory parade

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Victory parade is a type of parade held in order to celebrate a victory. Because of that, victory parades can be divided into military victory parades and more frequent sport victory parades.

Among the most famous parades are the victory parades celebrating the end of the First World War and the Second World War.

Contents 1 List of military victory parades 1.1 France 1.2 Russia 1.3 United Kingdom 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] List of military victory parades

[edit] France

• 1919 Paris Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the First World War.
• 1944 Dieppe Victory Parade, Victory Parade of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in Dieppe celebrated on 3 September 1944 ^[1]

[edit] Russia

• 1945 Moscow Victory Parade, marking the end of the Second World War.

[edit] United Kingdom

• 1815 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1919 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the First World War.
• 1946 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the Second World War.
• 1982 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the Falklands War.

[edit] See also

• Roman triumph

[edit] External links

• Second World War victory parades
• Photos of 1918 victory parade
• German Flags at the 1945 Soviet Victory Parade
• Official site of the 2005 Russian 60th celebration of the 1945 Victory Parade