June 24, 1945 — Red Square turns into a theater of triumph. In this Dad Tangent, we take a closer look at Stalin’s over-the-top Victory Day Parade, complete with rain-soaked generals, dramatic symbolism, and one very famous moment: Nazi flags hurled at Lenin’s Mausoleum. But behind the spectacle? A carefully staged message of Soviet power and control. Come for the horses and goose-stepping — stay for the side-eye between Stalin and Zhukov.

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