Potsdam Conference

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The Potsdam Conference was the July–August 1945 meeting of Allied leaders Truman, Churchill/Attlee, and Stalin near Berlin to decide the postwar order, peace terms, and administration of defeated Germany and Europe.

Aliases (3)
  • Potsdam Agreement ×2
  • Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK ×1
  • Potsdam Conference 1945 ×1

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II conference
diplomatic conference
historical event
decidedOn division of Berlin into occupation sectors
division of Germany into occupation zones
expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe
prosecution of Nazi war criminals
reparations from Germany
followed Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
hasAlternateName Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK
hasBritishPrimeMinisterParticipant Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
hasChairperson Joseph Stalin
hasConsequence beginning of Allied occupation of Germany framework
formalization of Oder–Neisse line as provisional Polish western border
hasEndDate 1945-08-02
hasHeadOfDelegation Clement Attlee
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
hasLanguage English
French
German
Russian
hasParticipant Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
hasSovietLeaderParticipant Joseph Stalin
hasStartDate 1945-07-17
hasTopic administration of defeated Germany
decentralization of Germany
demilitarization of Germany
democratization of Germany
denazification of Germany
disarmament of Germany
peace treaty issues
postwar order in Europe
hasUSPresidentParticipant Harry S. Truman
issuedDocument Potsdam Agreement
Potsdam Declaration
partOf World War II
preceded formal peace settlement with Germany
resultedIn Potsdam Agreement
Potsdam Declaration
tookPlaceAt Cecilienhof Palace
tookPlaceDuring final months of World War II
tookPlaceIn Potsdam
tookPlaceInCountry Germany
tookPlaceNear Berlin


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