In 1959 National Day Parade, Peng Dehuai had been replaced as National Defense Minister by Lin Biao who took up the job as parade Commander, while Yang Yong became the parade director.

The vehicle pisions included: two motorized infantry pisions, one parachute pision, a howitzer pision, a cannon pision, a heavy tank pision and a gun pision.

155 planes took to the skies, consisting of one bomber pision and four fighter pisions of J-5 fighters.  

Fresh from a landmark visit to the United States the previous month, Kruschev turned up in Beijing for the October celebrations, standing by Mao’s side at center stage. And while there were smiles on the day, relations had cooled a few years earlier, and by 1960 the disagreements had become public. China was disillusioned by Kruschev’s departure from Stalin’s ideals, and ties were formally ended in 1962.

It was also the end of another sort: the 1959 parade was the last one for 25 years. In September 1960, it was decided to celebrate on a small scale every five years while celebrating on a larger scale with military parades every ten years. But parades were soon denounced during the Cultural Revolution era, and with China struggling to cope with a crippling famine, military parades of any sort were cancelled outright.

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