A Soviet non-com shakes hand with an American soldier, who with his comrade manning a Browning quad anti-aircraft machine gun in Torgau, a town on the Elbe river in Germany; April 1945.

Handshaking between Allies

Soviet military commanders Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974), center, British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, (1887-1976), with his back toward the camera, Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968), second from right, General of the Army Vasily Sokolovsky Danilov, extreme right and Colonel General Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin (1899-1960), third from right at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin after the award ceremony; July 19, 1945.
 The Soviet military leaders were awarded: G.K. Zhukov - Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath,
 K.K. Rokossovsky - Honorary Knight-Commander of the Order of the Bath, 
V.D. Sokolovsky and M.S. Malinin - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (military). 




After the award ceremony

Leningrad, 1943

Female Tank Repair Team
taken from fb/D.Del Moral