Juni, which is east of Brandenburg Gate. The parade took place a month after the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 and the Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 a month later.[3][4] It was attended by Winston Churchill[5] in his position as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief of the 21st Army Group.[6] Clement Attlee, who was Leader of the Labour Party at the time and succeeded Churchill 5 days later also attended. It occurred during the Potsdam Conference which had begun 4 days earlier with the participation of Churchill, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin and President Harry S. Truman.[7]