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World War II color footage — American and Russian troops link up at Torgau on the Elbe River
1945
27 min
Documentary
Unedited footage
The SPECOU covers the link up of the American, British and Russian troops in Torgau on the Elbe River in April 1945. This meeting marked when Germany was taken on both sides by Allied forces, the American and British forces moving from the west and the Russians moving from the east.
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