<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Armed Forces">United States</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet</a> reconnaissance troops meet in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgau" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Torgau">Torgau</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strehla" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strehla">Strehla</a> along the River <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elbe">Elbe</a>, cutting the <i id="mwxA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> in two. This would be later known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Day" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elbe Day">Elbe Day</a>.