Eyes front: Russians relive wartime to mark historic parade in 1941

Russian servicemen dressed in old-style uniforms take part in the military parade at Red Square in Moscow as the country marks the 76th anniversary of the 1941 historical parade when Red Army soldiers marched past the Kremlin walls towards the front line to fight Nazi troops during the Second World War.

German chancellor Adolf Hitler had threatened to wipe Moscow and its inhabitants off the map if his forces captured the city, but Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was defiant in the face of invasion.

He staged a public parade, calling on men to fight in “the great liberation mission”.