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Elbe Day 2010 - Honour to Joe Polowsky (oM) [HD 1080] ElbeDay 79 views
Elbe Day 2010 - At the grave of Joe Polowsky (oM) [HD 1080] ElbeDay 74 views
Speech of the Legate of the American Embassy ElbeDay 79 views Speech of the Legate of the American Embassy at the Linkup-Memorial in Torgau
Elbe Day 2010 - To remind the patrols [HD 1080] ElbeDay 1,072 views 65th anniversary of the linkup of the 69th Infantry Division of the United Stats and the 58th Guard Rifle Division of the Sovietunion at the river Elbe near Strahla on Apri...
Elbe Day 2010 - Honour to Joe Polowsky [HD 1080] ElbeDay 53 views
Elbe Day 2010 - PoW-camp Zeithain - Part 6/6 [HD 1080] ElbeDay 60 views
Elbe Day 2010 - PoW-camp Zeithain - Part 5/6 [HD 1080] ElbeDay 34 views
Elbe Day 2010 - PoW-camp Zeithain - Part 3/6 [HD 1080] ElbeDay 47 views
Elbe Day 2010 - PoW-camp Zeithain - Part 4/6 [HD 1080] ElbeDay 41 views
Elbe Day 2010 - PoW-camp Zeithain - Part 1/6 [HD 1080] ElbeDay 106 views 65th anniversary of liberation of the soldiers of Soviet Army in the PoW-camp Zeithain. recording and processing by Tilo Lehnert

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Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, was the date Soviet and American troops met at the River Elbe, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of the World War II in Europe. The first contact was made between patrols near Strehla, when First Lieutenant Albert Kotzebue 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.

On April 26, the commanders of the 69th Infantry Division of the First Army http://www.69th-infantry-division.com/ and the Soviet 58th Guards Division of the 5th Guards Army met at Torgau, southwest of Berlin. Arrangements were made for the formal "Handshake of Torgau" between Robertson and Silvashko in front of photographers the following day (pictured). Statements were released simultaneously in London, Moscow, and Washington that evening, reaffirming the determination of the three Allied powers to complete the destruction of the Third Reich.

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