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Elbe Day... Soviet & American troops meet....
Elbe Day... Soviet & American troops meet....
Item # 721494
April 28, 1945
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 28, 1945
* Elbe River Day - Torgau, Germany
* Soviet (Russian) & American Troops
The front page has a three column heading: "HOW YANKS LINKED WITH RUSSIANS" with subheads. More on pages 4 & 5. Four related photos and map are on the back page under banner heading: "First Pictures of U.S.--Russian Meeting on East Bank of the Elbe--Allies Gain on German Fronts" (see images)
Complete with all 24 pages, light toning at the margins, smal binding holes along the spine, 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.
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