the american lieutenant william robertson and a soviet lieutenant alexander soon vanished became friends the picture of the two men hugging became a symbol of the end of the second world war. were both the illustrating and i was grinning rather happy to meet each other. we were happy to know that we were the victors but digitally. the first link up of american and soviet troops could have taken place much earlier had the british and americans opened the second front not in one thousand nine hundred four but when they first agreed back in one nine hundred forty two. talks on the establishment of an anti hitler coalition began on june twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty one a year later the soviet union the united states and great britain signed a declaration on the opening of the second front in europe. by one nine hundred forty two one thousand nine hundred three passed with no second french to relieve pressure on the soviet union in the east. plans to open a second front were made. but churchill and roosevelt agree that it would be launched only when it became clear that the

the germans and they saw the soviet soldiers on the eastern side of the commander lieutenant william robertson you do battle him and drew an american flag on it then he climbs to the castle settings on more programmers and looked outside and through the flag out of the window and that very moment he heard the whistle of a shell coming from the eastern bank you thought someone trying to shoot the window there was a shell from the soviet left cannon i would sound it a sound washed all three of us. group was through us so it was a group of people including women but it was approaching the river i thought we knew that german army officers were hiding on the other bank so it was necessary for us to understand the situation did we need to shoot or find an alternative way . but finally the soviet soldiers realizing the mysterious men on the far bank were actually their american allies what followed would become an iconic moment in the world war two history the meeting at the elba. it happened when the bulk of the soviet forces encircled berlin and some elements of the red army reached the on the rive