Torgau
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Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen.
Schloss Hartenfels
Kirche Schloßstraße 7 Torgau
Torgau Marienkirche 2
Torgau Rathaus 01
Line of Contact
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The Line of Contact marked the farthest advance of American, British, French, and Soviet armies into German controlled territory at the end of World War II in Europe. In general a "line of contact" re
Torgau
…It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen. Outside Germany, the town is best known as where on 25 April 1945, the United States and Soviet Armies first met near the end of World War II. The settlement goes back to a Slavonic settlement named Turguo in the shire of Neletici. There was presumably a wooden…
A commemorative plaque now stands where the "East Meets West" moment took place in Torgau on Elbe Day, 1945.
Allied occupied areas, 15 May 1945, with territory under Allied control on 1 May 1945 in pink and later Allied gain in red
Final positions of the Western Allied and Soviet armies, May 8, 1945. Areas not yet occupied also indicated.
Areas vacated by U.S. forces to Soviet forces in summer 1945 shown in lilac, not including the areas of Mecklenburg already ceded by US/British forces to Soviet control earlier