The Red Army parades in 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.

On the the 7th November the annual military parade through Red Square commemorating the October revolution went ahead as usual. It was a highly symbolic moment suggesting that things were not as desperate as they might otherwise seem.

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