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.

Sports victory parades[edit]

U.S. sports victories[edit]

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

• NFL - Super Bowl victories
  • The most recent was the 2014 Seattle Seahawks Victory Parade in Seattle on February 5, 2014, attended by an estimated 700,000.^[1]
• MLB - World Series champions
  • The most recent was the 2015 Kansas City Royals Victory Parade in Kansas City on November 3, 2015.^[2]
• NBA - NBA champions
  • Most recent was the 2015 Golden State Warriors Victory Parade in Oakland on June 19, 2015.^[3]
• NHL - Stanley Cup champions
  • Most recent was the 2015 Chicago Blackhawks Victory Parade in Chicago on June 18, 2015. ^[4]

Military victory parades[edit]

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[edit]

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

Germany[edit]

• 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[edit]

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[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

United Kingdom[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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.

See also[edit]

• Roman triumph
• Victory Day

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Second World War victory parades
• Victory Parade, USSR, 1945 on YouTube
• Photos of 1918 victory parade
• German Flags at the 1945 Soviet Victory Parade