{"id":456007,"date":"2021-04-26T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=456007"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:21:14","slug":"military-vets-u-s-diplomats-mark-elbe-day-anniversary-in-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-vets-u-s-diplomats-mark-elbe-day-anniversary-in-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Military vets, U.S. diplomats mark Elbe Day anniversary in Va."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-vets-u-s-diplomats-mark-elbe-day-anniversary-in-va%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=456007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2402569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2402569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a historical re-enactment group dressed as U.S. and Soviet Army soldiers take part in Elbe Day celebrations, in eastern German city of Torgau at the river Elbe. (Photo by Stefanie Loos\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:08 AM PT \u2013 Monday, April 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Military veterans and government officials meet with diplomats from Russia and other post-Soviet countries to mark the anniversary of a key event in the World War II. The ceremony took place Sunday at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe encounter of the Soviet and American troops on April 25th, 1945 in the center of Germany is a special day for Russian-U.S. relations,\u201d stated Sergei Koshelev, Russia\u2019s Charge d\u2019Affaires in U.S. \u201cLast of historic struggle against the Nazi aggression of thunder during those days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American and British troops met with their Soviet counterparts face-to-face for the first time on April 25, 1945 at the river Elbe in Germany after several final victories over the Third Reich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Soviet Union became the first state in the world that managed to slow down and then to stop Hitler\u2019s expansion,\u201d Koshelev continued. \u201cThis had a fundamental importance for the entire course of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OTD<\/a> 75 years ago, officer WM Robertson of the 1st <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USArmy<\/a> shook hands with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russian<\/a> soldier just outside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Torgau?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Torgau<\/a> on the Elbe River. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/American?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#American<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Soviet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Soviet<\/a> forces had cut Nazi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Germany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Germany<\/a> in two, bringing a closer step to Allied victory in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Europe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Europe<\/a> during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWII<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElbeDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElbeDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Berlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Berlin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WW2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WW2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2ugdc9mRO\">pic.twitter.com\/X2ugdc9mRO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Berlin Guides Association (BBS) (@GuidesBerlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuidesBerlin\/status\/1386304067803271174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Diplomats also noted, the poor mutual relations of today are a far cry from the spirit of cooperation and allied commitment at that historic meeting.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-says-project-veritas-proves-cnn-committed-campaign-violations\/\"> President Trump says Project Veritas proves CNN committed campaign violations<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of a historical re-enactment group dressed as U.S. and Soviet Army soldiers take part in Elbe Day celebrations, in eastern German city of Torgau at the river Elbe. 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