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The meeting on the Elbe, Germany, 1945
Russian and American troops joined hands at the River Elbe in Germany, bringing the end of the war a step closer.
April 25, 1945, was the day the U.S. 1st Army’s 69th Inf Div advanced eastward to the Elbe River and met the Soviets’ 1st Ukranian Army, thereby cutting Nazi Germany in two. The six-year European phase of history’s most destructive war ended 13 days later with Germany’s unconditional surrender.
©RIA Novosti / TopFoto
©RIA Novosti / TopFoto
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