Germany Wwıı Annıversary

epa02130242 ( L-R ) Heinz Bock as major general Emil F . Reinhardt of the 69th Infantry Division of the US Army , US American war veterans Don Connelly ( 86 ) Joe Lipsius ( 92 ) Gerald Ermel as major general Vladimir Rusakov of the Soviet 58th Gurads Division shake hands at Torgau , Germany , 24 April 2010 . Major LipsiusSergeant Connelly were present when AmericanRussian troops met at the Elbe river in 1945 . On 23 April 2010 , the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of Elbe Day started . On 25 April 1945 , AmericanRussian soldiers had shook handssymbolically sealed the end of World War II .  EPA/HENDRIK SCHMIDT