Potsdam Conference

Noun

Meaning

a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended

Examples

Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference (Princeton University Press, 1960), the most detailed history * Gimbel, John. Source: Internet

From 16 July to 2 August, Zhukov participated in the Potsdam Conference with the other Allied governments. Source: Internet

Gallery, 2002. p. 218. After World War II in summer 1945 the Potsdam Conference decided that Sudeten Germans would have to leave Czechoslovakia (see Expulsion of Germans after World War II ). Source: Internet

Prior to the Potsdam Conference, during the Soviet winter 1945 offensive ( Vistula–Oder Offensive ), the Red Army overran Warmia, killing and raping the local residents, without any regards towards age or ethnic origin. Source: Internet

However, the Potsdam Conference marks the first and only time Truman would ever meet Stalin in person. Source: Internet

Indochina Allied Chiefs of Staff at the Potsdam Conference decided to temporarily partition Vietnam at the 16th parallel (just North of Da Nang ) for the purposes of operational convenience. Source: Internet

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