R.U.S.E.
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R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Ubisoft which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, in September 2010. The game was s
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Elbe Day
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Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, commemorates the day Soviet and American troops first made contact near the Elbe River in Germany, including the link-up at Torgau. This contact between the Soviets, advancin
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…for plotting to kill Hitler. Returning to the present, Sheridan, Campbell and the undercover agent, Angie, head for Torgau on the Elbe to supposedly meet up with the Soviets. However, the meeting turns into a race to reach the secret weapons research facility in Torgau before the Russians do. In order to avoid a "diplomatic…
Soviet Lt. Charles Thau (center, looking into camera) behind the handshake, with U.S. PFC Bernard E. Kirschenbaum (2nd from left) and PFC Richard Johnson (3rd from left), staged 26 April 1945
In the staged commemoration photo, 2nd Lt. William Robertson (U.S. Army) and Lt. Alexander Silvashko (Red Army) clasp hands with arms around each other's shoulders.
General Nikolay Makarov with Admiral Mike Mullen and Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak at Arlington National Cemetery during the Elbe Day commemorations in 2010.
At the 2015 commemoration of Elbe Day, Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak bows his head after laying a wreath at the Spirit of the Elbe marker in Arlington National Cemetery.