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Almost 600,000 Soviet troops were stationed in East Germany after World War Two. They experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall - and then the collapse of their own superpower.When the Soviet troops left the former East Germany in 1994, the Soviet Union had already ceased to exist. They were refused a joint parade with the US, French, and British troops in Berlin - a humiliating experience for an army that played an essential role in defeating Nazi Germany.
Almost 600,000 Soviet troops were stationed in East Germany after World War Two. They experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall - and then the collapse of their own superpower.When the Soviet troops left the former East Germany in 1994, the Soviet Union had already ceased to exist. They were refused a joint parade with the US, French, and British troops in Berlin - a humiliating experience for an army that played an essential role in defeating Nazi Germany.
