US and Soviet troops meet for the first time during World War II at the Elbe river near Torgau, a town in Saxony, Eastern Germany.
The historic meeting took place on April 25th 1945, a date which came to be known as “Elbe Day”.
Book suggestions: ⤵️
📖 The Last 100 Days (John Toland, 1966)
📖 The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945 (Ian Kershaw, 2011)