Privilege to celebrate Independence Day combined with WWII Victory Day together with WWII veterans, government officials, representatives of diplomatic corp (Russia, Ukraine, Belarussia, Moldova, Kazahstan, Uzbekistan and others) by the event co-sponsored by Russian Embassy and the Helping Hand Coalition.

Approximately 1.5 million Jews fought in the regular Allied armies. In many cases the percentage of Jews fighting was greater than the percentage of Jews in the population.

About 500,000 Jewish soldiers fought in the Red Army during World War II, including 32,000 officers, 300 generals and admirals, 30,000 woman, as well as 100,000 partisans. Some 120,000 were killed in combat and in the line of duty; the Germans murdered 80,000 as prisoners of war. More than 160,000, at all levels of command, earned citations, with over 150 designated “Heroes of the Soviet Union”— the highest honor awarded to soldiers in the Red Army. Many Jewish soldiers took part in liberating the German concentration and death camps in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and ghettos and labour camps in all Eastern and Middle Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarussia, Moldova, Rumania, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and others).

Approximately 550,000 Jewish soldiers fought in the US Armed Forces during World War II. They served on all fronts in Europe and in the Pacific. Some 10,000 were killed in combat, and more than 36,000 received citations. Many Jewish soldiers took part in liberating concentration and camps in Wetern Germany.

Approximately 100,000 Jews fought in the Polish army against the German invasion. They made up 10% of the Polish army, commensurate with the percentage of Jews within the general population. Approximately 30,000 Jews fell in battle, were taken captive by the Germans, or declared missing during the battles defending Poland, 11,000 in the defense of Warsaw. Thousands of Jews later served in various Polish armies fighting against the Germans in the Allied Forces.

About 30,000 Jews served in the British army in 1939-1946, some in special units of Jews from Palestine, such as the Jewish Brigade.

216,000 Jewish soldiers gave their live fighting against Germans during the WWII.

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