Soviet soldiers greet the Americans crossing the Elbe river by boat.

Americans coming

Surrender

Soviet marshals G.K. Zhukov and K.K. Rokossovsky greet British Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Behind Rokossovsky (2nd from right) - Deputy Commander of the 1st Byelorussian Front, Army General V.D. Sokolovsky; Between Zhukov and Rokossovsky - Chief of Staff of the 1st Belorussian Front, Colonel-General Mikhail Malinin. At the ceremony, the four Soviet commanders were given the highest British award.