However,194165438+1The Red Square military parade held on October 7th was unusual, because it coincided with the most critical and difficult moment for Soviet soldiers and civilians to defend Moscow to the death.
This is true in wartime, and so is the significance of military parade in peacetime.
In the face of temporary setbacks, unfavorable situations, fierce public opinion and depressed people's hearts, we will not hesitate, be discouraged, be intimidated by temporary difficulties, or be afraid of being called names on the day of the military parade, and do what we should do according to the established policy.
194 1 military parade in May 1 was the last military parade in the Soviet Union before the Great Patriotic War. On June 22nd, after the military parade, Nazi Germany carried out the battle plan for Barbarossa, that is, to fight against the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Patriotic War broke out in an all-round way.
At the end of 10, the German front was only 70 to 100 kilometers away from Moscow. At that time, the Soviet army fought day and night and dedicated everything to the front. On the 28th, Stalin stared at Altmeyev, commander of the Moscow Military Region: "Commemorate the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution with the Moscow military parade, and prepare for the military parade! We must find the army we need. The Artillery General Administration will help the artillery and the tanks will be there. "
Previously, Red Square had put on "camouflage clothes" according to the requirements of the campaign camouflage plan. It's hard to make it look like a festival now. Stalin instructed that all superfluous things should be removed, and Lenin's mausoleum should be stripped of his disguise. In response to the air raid, Stalin proposed to prepare ambulances and health teams. He particularly emphasized: "In short, no matter what happens, we will not stop the military parade."
Moscow is in danger, and the eyes of the whole world are focused on this red capital!
History will never forget that in the 1937 Nanjing Defence War, although the defenders of China resisted tenaciously, the serious mistakes of the headquarters caused a great tragedy in Nanjing's defensive operations!
More than 50,000 China soldiers who laid down their weapons were slaughtered by the Japanese! More than 300,000 people were killed. Now, almost the same scene is being staged in Moscow. Everyone is watching, how did the Soviet Union in Enemy at the Gates defend the capital?
Never give in-this is the answer given to the world by Stalin and the Soviet High Command!
Stalin made an important speech at the Red Square parade in Moscow. Here are some excerpts:
Soldiers, commanders and political workers of the Red Army and the Red Navy, comrades of men and women guerrillas! The whole world is watching you as a bandit force capable of destroying the German aggressors. The people of all European countries enslaved by the German aggressors are watching you and regard you as their liberators. The great liberation mission falls on your shoulders. Do not live up to this mission! The war you are waging is a war of liberation and a just war.
Generally speaking, the organization and implementation of this military parade was relatively successful, and only a few minor mistakes occurred in the whole process.
For example, in the military parade, two T-34/76 tanks at the end of the queue suddenly turned as soon as they passed the viewing platform. Things soon found out that the original tank soldiers were told before coming to Red Square that the enemy might attack during the military parade and asked them to return to the battlefield immediately after the military parade.
However, spectacular is spectacular, and from a tactical point of view, the performance of the Soviet Union during World War II is still criticized.
During the whole World War II, the total death toll of Soviet troops reached 26.4 million, which is a very unimaginable number for the vast and sparsely populated Soviet Union.
Whether attacking or defending, the Soviet Union emphasized obedience, courage and momentum, did not study tactics enough, and soldiers did not receive corresponding training.
Perhaps, Stalin and zhukov paid too little attention to this preparation and did not seriously sum up the lessons of the Finnish war, so that at the beginning of the war, they did not expect that the Soviet army, which had three times the number of German tanks and five and a half times the number of German planes, was vulnerable.
In the Prokhov tank battle, which was advertised as a brilliant victory by the Soviet Union, Germany actually lost only five tanks, and another 54 tanks and assault guns were damaged.
The Soviet side lost 334 tanks and automatic artillery, and another 400 were damaged, which was totally out of proportion.