Kinnear, James The Red Army on Parade 1917-1945. 100 Years of Soviet and Russian Military Parades 1917-2017. Volume 1

"The Red Army on Parade 1917-1945" is, without doubt, the publisher's most ambitious project to date. This first volume describes the tanks and armoured vehicles paraded by the Red Army on Red Square from the first anniversary of the Russian Revolution in November 1918 until the end of the war in 1945. From the first captured French and British tanks displayed on Red Square, via the first Soviet KS tank to the T-34, KV and IS tanks, the book describes the first public appearance of all Red Army tanks and military vehicles displayed on Red Square and the background philosophy involved in their development. This will be a high-quality book with excellent image reproduction and useful information.

Traditionally, the Red Army always shows its latest technology to the public for the first time, with the exceptions of November 1940 and May 1941, when the most modern vehicles were not presented for reasons of secrecy as part of the preparations for war. The parade in November 1941 was more of a military operation, German tanks were 16 kilometres from Moscow, so the combat vehicles were fully ammunitioned and moved from Red Square directly into battle. The victory parade for the victory over Germany in June 1945 was one of the largest demonstrations of military strength ever held on Red Square. The parade for the victory over Japan in November 1945 took place far from the Soviet capital - and the special thing about these two parades was that units that had recently been in combat paraded.