American and Soviet generals pose on the banks of the Elbe River near Torgau, Germany, where the two Allies linked up for the first time.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 83843

Overview

Caption: American and Soviet generals pose on the banks of the Elbe River near Torgau, Germany, where the two Allies linked up for the first time.

Pictured from left to right are Brig. Gen. Charles G. Helmick (Artillery General of V Corps), Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner (CG V Corps, First U.S. Army), Lt. Gen. Baclanow (Commanding General Russian 34th Corps), and Maj. Gen. Rusacov (Commanding General Russian 58th Infantry Div).
Date: 1945 April 26
Locale: Torgau, [Saxony] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 111-SC-229966

Keyword: ALLIES ALLIES (LINKING FORCES) CLOSE-UPS GROUP PORTRAITS MILITARY OFFICERS RIVERS/LAKES SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (RUSSIAN/SOVIET)
Photo Designation: WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- Linking of Allied Armies