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distance of 20 km (12 mi) from the Germans after an accidental exchange of fire between the two sides, and no German units were present there at the time when the city capitulated to the Soviets. Vishlyov also disputes that the events in Brest were a military parade and writes that what is often mistakenly regarded as a parade was in fact a "ceremonial departure of German forces under the supervision of Soviet representatives". That is, before leaving the city and handing it to the Soviet Union, the Germans marched through the streets greeted by their command and supervised by a Soviet military representative, whose role was to sign an agreement with the German command and monitor the implementation of that agreement. It was only after their withdrawal that the Soviet troops entered the city and held their own parade.
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unit returned with a group of 12 German officers, who identified themselves as part of Guderian's XIX Corps and explained that they too were moving in the direction of Brest. They were invited to Krivoshein's tent, who then proposed a toast to both commanders and invited the attending German officers
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and Oleg Vishlyov dismiss the parades in other cities as "a myth", pointing to the fact that virtually no evidence has been found to confirm that those parades actually took place. In Lwow, Vishlyov states, it was impossible to organize a joint parade, as the Soviet troops were ordered to move to a
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and through which German troops marched. The Soviets fielded the 4th Battalion of 29th Light Tank Brigade, which was the first unit of the Red Army to roll into the city. The Soviet and German generals paid homage to each other's armies and their respective victories over
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During the meeting, Guderian proposed a joint parade of Soviet and German troops through the town, including a lineup of soldiers from both armies on the central square. Because the Soviet troops were tired after a long march, Krivoshein declined but promised to supply a
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According to the initial agreement, the procedure included German and Soviet troops marching before their commanding officers followed by changing the flag, accompanied by national anthems of Germany and the Soviet Union. However, the Soviet commanding officer,
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to Moscow after they achieved a quick victory over "capitalist England". Through them, Krivoshein also sent warm greetings to the German general and made sure to approach the city from the opposite direction to that taken by the Wehrmacht.
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by September 17, establishing their base of operations in the city. During the following days, Guderian was informed, much to his chagrin, that the demarcation line between German and Soviet-controlled regions was drawn along the
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Upon approaching the town on the morning of September 22, Krivoshein realized that Guderian had already established his headquarters there. Soon afterwards, Guderian's representatives arrived and greeted the "glorious
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and several other cities (Germans called them 'victory parades'). The parade in Grodno was supervised by Kombrig Vasily Chuikov." Another author,
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On September 20, advance units of the 29th Tank Brigade encountered Guderian's forces at the village of Widomla, three days after the
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Soviet-Polish wars. A Politico-military Confrontation 1918–1939. Part three. September 1939. The War from the West.
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without citing any sources: "Joint parades with militaries of both countries as participants took place In Grodno,
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Several historic works published in the 1980s and 1990s discuss joint military parades of the Red Army and German
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The secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, signed on August 23, 1939, defined the boundary between the
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Text of the "Agreement on the handover of the city of Brest-Litovsk and further actions of Russian troops"
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The parade began at 16:00, and the "Victory Arches" were erected which the Soviet troops decorated with
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and a few battalions and agreed to Guderian's request for both to stand and review the parade together.
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The XIX Corps approached Brest on September 13, 1939, and defeated the Polish resistance in the
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A collection of photos illustrating Soviet-Nazi cooperation in September 1939.
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Military parade of German and Soviet troops during the 1939 invasion of Poland
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German troops passing the platform with the officers on September 22, 1939
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For example, Russian historian Mikhail Semiryaga writes in his 1992 work
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described as amicable, the Germans withdrew to the western bank of the
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and that his forces were to withdraw behind this line by September 22.
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German and Soviet personnel amid Soviet propaganda material.
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German motorcyclists giving way to rolling Soviet tanks
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Nazi–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk

German
Russian
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
invasion of Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Polish
Second Polish Republic
Belarus
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
fortress
Red Army


Mauritz von Wiktorin
Heinz Guderian
Kombrig
Semyon Krivoshein
German
Soviet
invasion of Poland
Heinz Guderian
XIX Corps
ensuing battle
Bug River
Vasily Chuikov
4th Army
cross the Polish border

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