Item COLD WAR 27/64 - Transcript of interview with former soldier Jim Kane, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Jim Kane, former soldier, G Company, 69 Div, US Army, North West Europe, 1945, relating to the advance of the US Army across western Europe, Apr 1945; the battle for Leipzig, Germany, 1945; the meeting between the Red Army and the US Army, Torgau, river Elbe, Germany, 25 Apr 1945; the victory celebrations with the Red Army, Apr 1945; the 'scorched Earth' policy carried out by the Red Army in Germany, 1945; the deployment of Red Army women soldiers in the front line, 1945; the souring of relations between US and Soviet troops, May 1945; the Soviet contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany, 1941-1945. 9pp