Battered Brandenburg Gate in 1945

Soviet photographer in front of the heavily battered Brandenburg Gate on 12th July 1945

 

FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY DECORATES RUSSIAN GENERALS AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN, GERMANY, 12 JULY 1945. The Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief of the Red Army, Marshal G Zhukov, the Commander of the 21st Army Group, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Marshal Sokolovsky and General K Rokossovsky of the Red Army leave the Brandenburg Gate after the ceremony. (Photographer: War Office official photographer

Photo No.: TR 2913 Collection No.: 4905-03 Source: IWM)

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