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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

Soviet officer talking with American pilots

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

Pilot of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union Pierre Pouyade with the Order of the Red Banner

The conversation of the writer I.G. Ehrenburg (on the left) with the French colonel of the air division "Normandy" Pouyarde. Oryol region 1943

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

Waiting for the Normandy-Neman air regiment pilots to return to their homeland. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Colonel Pierre Pouyade (from July 1943 to December 1944 - commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment) makes an entry in the book of honored guests. France, Paris, Memorial Museum (of the Invalides), June 1945

The Minister of Aeronautics and Armed Forces Charles Tillon is presenting the order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen air regiment for courage and battle merit. The flag of the regiment is in the hands of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Junior Lieutenant Jacques Andre, to his right is Junior Lieutenant Sauvage Roger. France, Paris, the Courtyard of the Legion of Honor of the Invalides, June 1945