View of the banquet hall where American and Russian military leaders dined after the meeting of the two armies at Torgau, Germany. The ball is decorated with Russian banners and pictures of Stalin and Roosevelt. In the center are Gen. Countney Hodges, Commanding General 1st Army, just to the left of mirror, (then left to right) , Commanding general 5th Russian Army, Maj. Gen. William B. Kaan, chief of staff 1st Army, Maj. Gen. Backenov, Commanding General 34th corps, Russian Army, a Russian staff officer and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hart, attending the banquet after the m
View of the banquet hall where American and Russian military leaders dined after the meeting of the two armies at Torgau, Germany. The ball is decorated with Russian banners and pictures of Stalin and Roosevelt. In the center are Gen. Countney Hodges, Commanding General 1st Army, just to the left of mirror, (then left to right) , Commanding general 5th Russian Army, Maj. Gen. William B. Kaan, chief of staff 1st Army, Maj. Gen. Backenov, Commanding General 34th corps, Russian Army, a Russian staff officer and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hart, attending the banquet after the meeting of the two armies at Torgau, Germany. The photo is dated 21st April 1945, six days after the two armies met at Torgau in Germany.
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