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Field Marshal Montgomery Decorates Russian Generals at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 1945 TR 2918

Photograph Wikimedia Commons 1945 date QS:P571,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Public domain Archival

Field Marshal Montgomery Decorates Russian Generals at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 1945 TR 2918

Left to right: The Commander of the 7th Armoured Division, Major General L O Lyne; Marshal V Sokolovsky of the Red Army; the Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief of the Red Army, Marshal G Zhukov; Colonel General Malinin of the Red Army; the Commander of the 21st Army Group, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery; an interpreter from the Royal Engineers; and Marshal K Rossokovsky of the Red Army at the Brandenberg Gate after a ceremony in which Field Marshal Montgomery decorated the Russian Generals.

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War Office official photographer · Field Marshal Montgomery Decorates Russian Generals at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 1945 TR 2918 · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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1945 date QS:P571,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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World War II color photographs in Germany1945 in Berlin (World War II destructions)Mikhail MalininLewis LyneVasily SokolovskyImages with annotationsRelations of the Soviet Union and the United KingdomImages uploaded by Fæ7th Armoured DivisionArtworks without Wikidata itemUK Government artistic worksPD-scan (PD-UKGov)