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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…

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: 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 Red Army occupied much of Eastern Europe America tested the first atomic bomb during the conference…

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Potsdam 1

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Potsdam 2

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Trinity test …atomic age

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Potsdam Agenda

1. Germany2. Poland3. Eastern Europe4. Japan5. United Nations

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Germany

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

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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….

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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.

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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

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United Nations

Treaty of San Francisco

Security Council 5 permanent members

USA, Britain, France, nationalist China, USSR

Each had a veto over decisions

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Conclusions 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