Mongolian servicemen are to participate in the gala parade for the 70th anniversary of the victory in WWII. The parade will be held on Red Square in Moscow on May 9th. A group of 80 Mongolian servicemen selected from different units of the Mongolian armed forces left for Moscow. Mongolia’s official delegation to the anniversary celebration will be led by Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

During WWII Mongolia contributed 500,000 horses, a tank regiment and an Air Force squadron to the Red Army. Mongolia also sent nine trains loaded with ammunition, foodstuffs and presents for Soviet servicemen and delivered around half a million tons of meat to the Soviet Union. That was the contribution of the Mongolian people to the victory in the Second World War.