On June 22, 1941, On June 22, 1941, without declaring war, Nazi Germany attacked the USSR.
May 9 - Victory Day in Russia, a national holiday which remembers the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II and honors 27 million Soviets who died in the war. May 9 - Victory Day in Russia, a national holiday which remembers the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II and honors 27 million Soviets who died in the war.
Two hundred captive German military banners and standards were chosen out of many, and prepared to be flung down at the Victors' feet during the Great Victory Parade in the sacred Red Square in Moscow on the 24th of June 1945