A Soviet female soldier (left) and an American lieutenant (right) pose for a photograph after the Allied Forces met in the city of Torgau, Germany; April 28, 1945. 

East gets close to West

A Gl of the 325th Glider Infantry armed with an M3 “grease gun” (.45cal submachine gun) takes cover near a German supply trailer during the fighting; Belgium, January 3, 1945. 

A US soldier with a "Grease gun"

Soldiers of the US 3rd Army share a drink of beer with civilians during the liberation of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia in the last few days of World War II; May, 1945.