On the night of May 1, 1945, the Red Banner of Victory was installed on the dome of the defeated Reichstag. It was secured by
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On the night of May 1, 1945, the Red Banner of Victory was installed on the dome of the defeated Reichstag. It was secured by
The purpose of the inscription was to record this momentous occasion and the Red Army Units involved in achieving it! This was a natural process carried-out ‘on the ground’ by the military staff and personnel ‘in theatre’ and had nothing to do with the Central Committee in Moscow. Indeed, it was only later that the Red Banner of Victory would be ‘officially’ adopted and ‘Endorsed’ by the Communist Party following a debate and a vote!
They told us that it was religiously-based (Christian) and had a number of high-profile Ukrainian sports-people supporting it! Everything ‘Soviet’ and ‘Communist’ was banned and, they said, the streets were now patrolled by armed ‘guards’ wearing Nazi German ‘Swastika’!