jul 17, 1945 - Potsdam Conference

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Where?
Potsdam, Germany (Soviet-controlled)
What & Why?
Conference to secure the future of Germany and other post-war consequences
When?
17 July to 2 August 1945
Who? (primarily)
UK, USA, USSR.
Churchill & Attlee, Truman, Stalin
Negative outcomes:
-There was no sign of Stalin allowing free elections in Eastern Europe and a communist government was being set up in Poland
-Arguments over where the boundaries between the zones would be drawn
-Arguments about how much the USSR should be allowed to take in reparations. It was agreed that the Soviets could take whatever they wanted from the Soviet controlled zone and 10 per cent from the Western zones. This remained a source of disagreement, with the Western Allies worried that they were repeating the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles after World War One

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