Two parades, 1,550 miles apart, reflected the mortal shift in Nazi fortunes last week:
Down Gorky Street. Almost three years behind blitz schedule, the Wehrmacht at last saw Moscow. Some 57,000 German prisoners from the Polish campaign shuffled through the Russian capital on their way to internment. They were shabby, unshaven, a few of them still defiant. But most looked like beaten men.
A million Muscovites thronged Gorky Street, jampacked balconies and bus tops to watch the procession. Hundreds of Russian militiamen struggled to keep back the curious crowds. Pravda had warned: "No hooting." Most Muscovites watched in silence; only a...
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