1945

Panorama of the meeting place of the allied forces of the 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front and the 9th US Army. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Meeting on the Elbe. From left to right: translator, English Field Marshal B. Montgomery, Soviet Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky, translator. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

The command of the 2nd Belorussian Front, led by Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (saluting in the foreground) and representatives of the British command, led by Field Marshal B. Montgomery (3rd from left) during a meeting on the Elbe. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Representatives of the command of the 2nd Belorussian Front and the British command at a meeting on the Elbe. Far left is Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky, 2nd left is Field Marshal B. Montgomery, 5th left is Colonel General A.N. Bogolyubov. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Representatives of the command of the 2nd Belorussian Front and the British command during a meeting on the Elbe. In the center is Colonel General, the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front A.N. Bogolyubov. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Representatives of the command of the 2nd Belorussian Front at the British command reception. In the background, on the map, Field Marshal B. Montgomery. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Meeting on the Elbe. Representatives of the command of the 2nd Belorussian Front and the British command are raising their glasses for the Victory. Right: Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Colonel General A.N. Bogolyubov. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Meeting on the Elbe. Representatives of the command of the 2nd Belorussian Front and the British command at the table during the reception. From left to right: 1st — Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Colonel General A.N. Bogolyubov, 2nd — Chief of Staff of the British Army, 5th — Colonel General K.A. Vershinin. Germany, Wismar, May 9, 1945

Before the Victory Parade. In the center, 2nd from left - V.A. Bukreev, a former prisoner of war. Germany, Neustadt, 1945

Fighters of the 39th guards cannon artillery brigade and the Americans in the days of their meeting on the Elbe. Germany, Witteberg, May 1945

The aircraft mechanic of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment Alexander Alekseevich Kapralov

From left to right: Major Tarnovsky, American pilot Edwin, Lieutenant Colonel Suschinsky, Head of the Political Department, Guard Colonel Timofeev V.A., American pilot (unknown name). Germany, April 12, 1945

Demonstration air battle of pilot Rober Marki on the Yak-3 bomber of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment with a compatriot on the British «Spitfire IX» plane. Germany, airfield in Stuttgart, June 1945

French pilots. From left to right: Captain Pierre Mattress, Captain Yves Mourier, Captain Leon Kyuffo, Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain Roland de la Poype (after the award). France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The Chief of the General Staff of the French Air Force, General Marsial Valen, awards one of the pilots of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945