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Potsdam Conference, July 1945

Potsdam Conference, July 1945. Crucial Changes occurred between Yalta and Potsdam… Roosevelt RIP  replaced by Harry S. Truman  more hardline on Soviets Churchill had lost the general election in 1945 and was replaced by Clement Atlee Germany had surrendered

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Potsdam Conference, July 1945

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  1. Potsdam Conference, July 1945 • Crucial Changes occurred between Yalta and Potsdam… • Roosevelt RIP  replaced by Harry S. Truman  more hardline on Soviets • Churchill had lost the general election in 1945 and was replaced by Clement Atlee • Germany had surrendered • Red Army occupied much of Eastern Europe • America tested the first atomic bomb during the conference…

  2. Potsdam 1 Back

  3. Potsdam 2 Back

  4. Trinity test …atomic age Back

  5. Potsdam Agenda • Germany • Poland • Eastern Europe • Japan • United Nations

  6. Germany • Soviets to receive 25% of their reparations from the western zones, agricultural produce from the East.

  7. Poland • Truman was not happy with the Yalta agreement over Poland • Challenged the western Polish border • Wanted the Polish government reorganised • Did not believe there would be a free and democratic vote  Stalin had ordered the arrest of many London Poles….

  8. Eastern Europe • Truman unhappy with Stalin-Churchill Oct ’44 Percentages Agreement division of Eastern Europe into spheres of influence • Little the Americans could do. Why? • From an American point of view the army of liberation was beginning to look like an army of occupation.   

  9. Japan • On the second day of the conference Truman was informed of the successful test of the world’s first atomic bomb • The British were told of this successful test • The USSR was only told that America had a new super-weapon • The USSR only found out about it when one was dropped on Hiroshima • The US now didn’t encourage the Soviets to join in the war against Japan

  10. United Nations • Treaty of San Francisco • Security Council  5 permanent members • USA, Britain, France, nationalist China, USSR • Each had a veto over decisions

  11. Positive Agreement on immediate practical steps to deal with post-war Germany Establishment of the United Nations confirmed Negative Growing distrust between USA and USSR More hostile atmosphere developing Soviet influence in east growing The Atomic Age Shifting Balances Conclusions

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