Allied meetings in Germany (1945)

A jeep with Soviet and American officers of the 12th Field Corps of the US Army drives along the road past a guard of honor, American soldiers take their rifles "on guard".

Soviet and American soldiers travel in a jeep through the location of units of the 12th Corps in Germany in May 1945. The jeep with the soldiers drives along the streets of the city, past American flags hung on stone fences.

A meeting of Soviet officers in an American military unit, an honor guard is lined up along the sides of the road.

A ceremonial formation in honor of the Soviet guests.

An American general greets a Soviet guest who has exited the car.

Landing of an American liaison plane.

A Soviet general exits the plane.

US military police soldiers near a car at the airfield during the landing of the plane with a Soviet guest on board.

Soviet soldiers who arrived by plane greet American officers.

The face of a Soviet general.

The liaison plane finishes its run and stops.

American generals invite a Soviet general into a jeep.

A jeep with generals leaving the airfield.

View of a banquet table set up under the treetops during a meeting of Soviet troops at a unit of the US 12th Field Corps in Germany, Soviet and American troops at the table.

The Americans drink standing up and then sit down.

Soviet and American troops at the table, faces of the troops.

A Soviet officer at the table next to an American interpreter.

A German cabaret dancer performs a dance in front of the allies.

The Americans drink standing up after another toast has been made and then sit down.

American troops at a banquet table.

Corps Commander General Stafford Leroy Irwin presents US awards to Soviet officers and congratulates each of them.

A festive cake with the flags of the allied powers.

American and Soviet officers drink and have a snack at the banquet table.

Faces of the Soviet and American generals.

General Irwin, sitting at the banquet table, talks with Soviet female soldiers.

A Soviet officer at the table next to an American military interpreter.

An amateur orchestra performing for the guests.

Filling a glass with red wine.

Panorama of the Allied banquet, musicians performing for the guests.

American and Soviet officers clink glasses of wine and drink.

Roasted pig and cake on the banquet table, American military journalists drink from glasses while standing at the table.

Glasses of cognac on a tray.

Soviet and American servicemen drink with each other, thank the artists for their performance.

A Soviet general, glass in hand, goes around to all the participants of the banquet, clinks glasses with each of them.

The menu of the gala banquet in Russian and English.

The honor guard company of one of the units of the 12th Corps of the 12th US Army takes up arms "on guard" when a Soviet general appears, having arrived for the gala reception.

Servicemen get out of stopped jeeps.

American servicemen greet the arriving Soviet guests.

Soviet and American officers walk through the territory of an American military unit, past units standing in formation, and respond to military salutes.

A tank unit of the 12th Field Corps of the 12th US Army during a ceremonial formation in honor of the arrival of the allies.

Representatives of the 12th Army command during a ceremonial formation in honor of the Soviet guests and the performance of national anthems.

A jeep with Soviet and American officers of the 12th Corps of the 12th US Army drives along the road past a guard of honor, American soldiers take up their rifles "on guard".

Soviet and American soldiers travel in a jeep through the location of units of the 12th US Army.

The jeep with the soldiers drives through the streets of the city, past American flags hung on stone fences.

A meeting of Soviet officers in an American military unit, an honor guard is lined up along the sides of the road.

A ceremonial formation in honor of the Soviet guests.

An American general greets a Soviet guest who has exited his car.

Landing of an American communications aircraft.

US military police soldiers at a car at the airfield during the landing of the plane with the Soviet guest on board.

Soviet soldiers who arrived by plane greet American officers.

The face of a Soviet general.

The liaison plane finishes its run, stops.

American generals invite the Soviet general into the jeep.

The jeep with the generals leaving the airfield.

General Irwin, commander of the 12th Field Corps of the US Army, talks with Soviet officers at a banquet table during a reception in honor of the Allies (panorama).

General Irwin talks with Soviet officers during a banquet.

Soviet officers at a banquet table.

General Irwin talks at a table with a Soviet general.

General Irwin at the battle flag of one of the Red Army units.

The face of General Irwin.

The face of a Soviet general.

American soldiers inspect Soviet military equipment.

The Order of the Red Star on the turret of a Soviet tank.

Soviet soldiers at the location of one of the tank units of the Red Army demonstrate military equipment and ammunition to American allies.

An American, Soviet and British soldier at a poster dedicated to the brotherhood in arms of the Allies.

A banner with a slogan in honor of the brotherhood in arms of the Allies in Russian and English.

Soviet and American generals during one of the meetings.

Soviet officers among girls taken to Germany during the war and liberated from German slavery.

An American general gets into a captured rowboat with Soviet soldiers.

The boat floats across a river.

A poster honoring the military brotherhood of the Allied powers, installed on a stand on the bank of a river in Germany.

American and Soviet soldiers shake hands, standing in front of the poster, during a film and photo shoot.

Residents of the vicinity of the Buchenwald concentration camp inspect the camp grounds and traces of Nazi atrocities, during an excursion organized by the American military, pass by liberated prisoners.

American and Soviet soldiers stand hugging on the streets of a German city.

An American officer shakes hands with Soviet soldiers.

Soviet officers talk to girls liberated from German captivity.

An American military column crosses a bridge on the outskirts of a German city, people stand by the bridge.

German young men and women marching in columns with a portrait of Stalin on the parade ground in one of the cities of Germany.

A boy at a rally in support of the Red Army.

Participants of a communist rally in Germany stand with red banners near a portrait of Stalin.

A German communist with a rifle near a portrait of Stalin.

Participants of a ceremonial event march in place before the start of the movement of a column of demonstrators.

Faces of children (panorama).

Parade of representatives of German communist youth in the summer of 1945. Commander of the 12th Field Corps of the US Army General Irwin talks with Soviet officers at a banquet table during a reception in honor of the Allies (panorama).

General Irwin talks with Soviet officers during a banquet.

General Irwin talks at a table with a Soviet general.

Soviet and American soldiers dance with female soldiers to the accompaniment of an accordion.

The face of General Irwin.

The face of a Soviet general.

American soldiers inspect Soviet military equipment.

The Order of the Red Star on the turret of a Soviet tank.

Soviet soldiers at one of the Red Army tank units demonstrate military equipment and ammunition to their American allies.

An American, Soviet, and British soldier at a poster dedicated to the Allied brotherhood in arms.

A banner with a slogan in honor of the Allied brotherhood in arms in Russian and English.

Soldiers from one of the Red Army tank units during a meeting with their American allies.

Soviet officers talk to girls liberated from German captivity.

A group of American soldiers.