Elbe Day... Soviet & American troops meet....
Item # 725665
April 27, 1945
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 27, 1945
* Elbe River Day - Torgau, Germany
* Soviet (Russian) & American Troops
The front page has a banner headline: "Germany Bisected as Yanks and Russians Join" with various subheads and related map. (see images)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small ink notations on some unrelated inside pages, generally nice.
background: Elbe River Day refers to April 25, 1945, when American and Soviet troops met at the Elbe River near the German town of Torgau, marking a historic moment near the end of World War II in Europe. The meeting symbolized the effective cutting of Nazi Germany in two, as the Western Allied forces advancing from the west and Soviet forces from the east linked up. Soldiers from the U.S. 69th Infantry Division and the Soviet 58th Guards Division met on a destroyed bridge over the river and celebrated together, posing for photographs and exchanging flags and handshakes. Though the meeting was a spontaneous battlefield encounter, it quickly became a powerful symbol of Allied unity and cooperation against Nazi Germany. The event is commemorated annually as Elbe Day, honoring the spirit of peace and collaboration between former wartime allies.
* Elbe River Day - Torgau, Germany
* Soviet (Russian) & American Troops
The front page has a banner headline: "Germany Bisected as Yanks and Russians Join" with various subheads and related map. (see images)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small ink notations on some unrelated inside pages, generally nice.
background: Elbe River Day refers to April 25, 1945, when American and Soviet troops met at the Elbe River near the German town of Torgau, marking a historic moment near the end of World War II in Europe. The meeting symbolized the effective cutting of Nazi Germany in two, as the Western Allied forces advancing from the west and Soviet forces from the east linked up. Soldiers from the U.S. 69th Infantry Division and the Soviet 58th Guards Division met on a destroyed bridge over the river and celebrated together, posing for photographs and exchanging flags and handshakes. Though the meeting was a spontaneous battlefield encounter, it quickly became a powerful symbol of Allied unity and cooperation against Nazi Germany. The event is commemorated annually as Elbe Day, honoring the spirit of peace and collaboration between former wartime allies.
Category: The 20th Century
