ABSTRACT
Elbe River Meeting “At 1640 hours on April 25, 1945 . . . American troops of the 12th Army Group joined forces with Soviet elements of Marshal Koniev’s First Ukrai nian Army Group.” This quote was part of a mes sage sent to all unit commanders, from General Omar N. Bradley’s (q.v.) headquarters, announc ing the meeting of East and West on the field of battle in the struggle against Nazi Germany.
