Mr. Churchill Takes Salute At Great Berlin Victory Parade - Men of the 7th Armoured division, the famous "Desert Rats" who fought their way through from El Alamein, march past the saluting base.Mr.Winston Churchill took the salute at a great British victory parade in the heart of Berlin. when 10,000 men from the fighting services merched along the charlottenburger Chaussee, the broad highway which cuts through Berlin's Tiergarten. July 23, 1945.