Red Army marches through Moscow

7th November 1941: The annual Red Square display of military power goes ahead while the Germans are less than 100km (60 miles) away

Red army troops march across Red Square in front of Stalin and members of the Stavka - the Soviet Military High Command.

In Moscow, the population was recovering from the major scare in the middle of October, when the possible evacuation of the city in the face of an imminent German attack had been the cause of some panic. In just a few weeks, the outlo…