BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A military parade will be held in Beijing on Sept. 3 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the end of World War II.
It is the first military parade in China to mark an anniversary of the war.
Previously, the People's Republic of China has held more than a dozen military parades since its founding on Oct. 1, 1949, all of them on the National Day.
As for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the first parade was staged in Ruijin, in east Jiangxi Province, as early as Aug. 1, 1934, when Mao Zedong reviewed the troops of the Red Army, the forerunner of the PLA .
In other nations, dozens of military parades have been held to mark the end of WWII.
Xinhua takes you back to review the major parades around the world.
1945: RED SQUARE
On June 24, a military parade was staged at Red Square in Moscow. At the end of the parade, about 200 veterans walked past holding Nazi military flags upside-down.
Since 1996, Russia has staged military parades every year on May 9 to mark the end of the Great Patriotic War at Red Square.
1945: BERLIN
On Sept. 7, 1945, the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and France held a joint military parade in Berlin, the capital of the defeated Nazi Germany.
A total of 5,000 Allied troops took part in the event, more than 2,000 were from the Soviet Union.
1945: NAVAL PARADE ON THE HUDSON
On Oct. 27, 1945, the United States staged a naval parade on the Hudson River in New York City. The event is regarded as one of the biggest naval parades in the history of the United States.
Events are held every year On Dec. 7 in Hawaii to remember the victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2014: D-DAY COMMEMORATION PARADE
On June 6, 2014, France held events to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, also known as the D-Day landings. A parade was staged on the day that commemorated the fallen.
