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2nd Lt. William Robertson meets Lt. Alexander Silvashko during the Elbe Day. The Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, was the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the East, and the Americans, advancing from the West, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two. The first contact between American and Soviet patrols occurred near Strehla, after First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue, an American soldier, crossed the River Elbe in a boat with three men of an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon. On the east bank, they met forward elements of a Soviet Guards rifle regiment of the First Ukrainian Front, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gardiev. The same day, another patrol under Second Lieutenant William Robertson with Frank Huff, James McDonnell and Paul Staub met a Soviet patrol commanded by Lieutenant Alexander Silvashko on the destroyed Elbe bridge of Torgau. On April 26, the commanders of the 69th Infantry Division of the First Army and the 58th Guards Rifle Division of the 5th Guards Army (Soviet Union) met at Torgau, southwest of Berlin. Arrangements were made for the formal "Handshake of Torgau" between Robertson and Silvashko in front of photographers. 25/04/1945 #historiansunion #colored #colorized #history #ww2 #wwii #worldwartwo #military #war #uk #us #usarmy #poland #wehrmacht #nazigermany #sovietunion #ussr #sovietunion #russia #italy #elbeday |
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Source | Elbe Day |
Author | Cassowary Colorizations |
Camera location | 51° 33′ 37.91″ N, 13° 01′ 02.73″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.560530; 13.017425 |
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