"first unit to link up with the Soviet Red Army" . "Elbe Day" . "Elbe Day" . "encounter on Elbe in 1945" . "link up with American troops" . . "met at" . "US and Soviet forces met" . "the Elbe" . . "American and Soviet forces met at the Elbe river" . "made contact" . "meetings" . "Torgau" . "Elbe" . "met in Germany" . "first American unit" . . "a handshake between the American and Russian armies" . . "Elbe River" . "April 1945" . "met Soviet troops on the banks of Elbe River" . . "encountered a Russian on horseback at nearby Leckwitz" . "meeting of American and Russian troops" . . "meet up with the Soviets" . "the meeting" . "at the Elbe River" . . . "linked up" . "25 April 1945" . . . . . "met" .