Ministry of defense published the unique pictures of the allies meeting on the Elbe
Unique archive photos of Soviet military leaders during a meeting with colleagues on the Internet representative office of the Ministry of defence in the section " meeting on the Elbe: unknown page ", about it informs the press service of the Ministry of defence.
Historic Meeting of Soviet and American armies in the process of the great Patriotic war took place on 25 April 1945 near the German town of Torgau on the Elbe river. Then was found and units of the 69th infantry division of the 1st American army and the 58th infantry division, part of the troops of the 1st Ukrainian front commanded by Marshal Ivan Konev. They in the end of combat operations, Then, were the closest to each other.
in the section, for example, captures the moment of delivery to the Marshal Konev reciprocal gift from the American General Bradley vehicle " Villis ". Prior to that, Konev gave a colleague a war horse.
The details of the first meetings with American colleagues published in the published excerpt of the conversation Konev and playwright Konstantin Simonov, also participated in the famous meeting on the Elbe.
The project was prepared with the assistance of " Fond memory of the generals of the Victory ".
As said the head of the Russian military historical society (RVIA) Vladimir Medinsky, meeting on the Elbe was the highest point of the relationship of the allies in the war.
"But right Field is the end of the war, already in the process of the Potsdam conference outlined the contours of a coming confrontation between the USSR and Western allies," he added. According to Medina, the situation was exacerbated by the hostile intentions of the allies for the atomic bombing of Soviet cities and the development on the personal orders of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "operation Unthinkable" plan of land warfare in the European Union against the Soviet Union.
"anyway, we, and most importantly, to our allies it is important to remember about the events on the Elbe, in order not to lose its historical memory," noted Medina.
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