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Conference 3
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Potsdam, July 1945
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Who was there?
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Stalin (USSR), Truman (USA), Atlee (UK)
Referred to as 'the big three' |
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What was agreed?
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Germany should be divided into 4 zones
Nazi Party to be banned and its leaders put on trial for 'war crimes' |
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Any disagreements
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Stalin wanted massive reparations from Germany but the others did not. Instead, they could not only take reparations from the land they controlled (taking machinery and coal etc.) Stalin was allowed to take some industrial machinery from the Western zones but only I'd he swapped it for coal
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Other key points
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Truman and Stalin hated each other. Truman wanted to intimidate Stalin with the news that the USA had developed the first atomic bomb.
Stalin angered Truman because he refused to allow fair elections in Poland and effectively controlled it by choosing communists to be in charge |
