Victory parade

A 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.

American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in the Victory Parade.

Military victory parades

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

In the former USSR including the Russian Federation victory parades are held annually in every major city celebrating the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945).

Allies of WWII

Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 - USSR, USA, Great Britain and France
Berlin Victory Parade of 1946 - USSR, USA, Great Britain and France

China

2015 China Victory Day Parade, September 3, 2015, a military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day of the Second World War.

Germany

1940 German Victory Parade in Paris. After the Fall of France, the German army marched down the Champs-Élysées in Triumph on 14 June 1940.

France

Le défilé de la Victoire, le 14 juillet 1919, by François Flameng

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

Soviet Union / Russian Federation

Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of their Invasion of Poland, September 22, 1939
Moscow Parade of 1941
1945 Moscow Victory Parade, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.
2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, held on the Victory Day on the 63rd anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade, held on the Victory Day on the 64th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade, held on 9 May 2010 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. It was the largest parade held in Moscow, Russia since the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991.

Spain

1939 Madrid Victory Parade, held on 1 April 1939 to commemorate the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

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.
1945 Berlin British Victory Parade
1946 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the Second World War.
1982 London Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the Falklands War.

United States

Grand Review of the Armies
New York City Victory Parade of 1946, January 12, designated by the United States Department of War to head the G.I. Victory Parade up Fifth Avenue. The 8,800 men of the 82nd Airborne after docking in N.Y.C. harbour, aboard the Queen Mary the division was greeted by Mayor William O'Dwyer. This event was filmed by Pathe News.

Sports victory parades

United States sports victories

Cities hosting the winning sports team in one of the four major league sports will host a victory parade in the city that the team represents.

MLB - World Series champions
- The most recent was the 2016 Chicago Cubs Victory Parade in Chicago, Illinois on November 4, 2016, the largest sports parade in US History, as well as the 7th largest gathering in recorded human history, attended by an estimated 5,000,000 people.^[1]
NFL - Super Bowl champions
- The most recent was the 2016 Denver Broncos Victory Parade in Denver on February 9, 2016, attended by an estimated 1 million.^[2]
NHL - Stanley Cup champions
- The most recent was the 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins Victory Parade in Pittsburgh on June 15, 2016, which drew 400,000 people. ^[3]
NBA - NBA champions
- The most recent was the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers Victory Parade in Cleveland on June 22, 2016, with an estimated turnout of over 1.3M people.^[4]

References

↑ "Kansas City celebrates Royals' World Series championship with parade".
↑ "LOOK: Everyone in Denver showed up for the Broncos' Super Bowl parade". CBS. CBS Sports. February 9, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
↑ "Penguins' victory parade largest parade in city history". WPXI. June 16, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
↑ "City releases Cavs parade & rally route, parking bans, road closures".

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