Potsdam Conference

Within Truman’s first few weeks of presidency, Truman attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The Potsdam conference was a conference where Stalin, Churchill, and Truman nicknamed the Big Three, met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate the end of World War II (The Potsdam Conference). The Potsdam Conference was a significant event mainly because it gave the all of the leaders a chance to discuss their plans so that there was no confusion amongst the allies regarding post-war plans in Germany and the defeat of Japan (The Potsdam Conference). Truman was also able to develop relationships with other world leaders. This conference was especially important due to the fact that the European war had just ended, therefore there were a lot of concerns…

The conference was held in a town called Potsdam, just a few miles outside of Berlin, and was held from July 17, 1945 until August 2, 1945. It was third in a row of international summits; the preceding summits were Tehran in November 1943 and Yalta in February 1945. The objective of the Potsdam conference was the “co-ordination of the policies of Allied occupation in Germany and the other liberated countries, along with establishment of the basic outline of material reconstruction and the…

The first issue regarding Germany arose when the Soviet Union took control of the East towards the end of WWII. The Yalta and Potsdam Conferences showed that there was going to be disagreements on how to shape postwar Germany. Both countries, “intended to arrange a postwar world along the lines that would be most beneficial to itself” (CITE). Once the conflict ended, Germany was divided up between France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Berlin, Germany became a source of…

The leaders used this conference to discuss exactly how they would govern Germany after the war, including border changes, prosecution of war criminals, agreeing on war reparations, etc. In this conference, the partitioning of Vietnam along the 17th parallel was also agreed upon. The Potsdam Declaration was issued, outlining how the Allies planned to defeat Japan. More importantly, it was during this conference that Truman hinted at the existence of an atomic bomb to Stalin. Afterwards, the…

For project 2, the plan was to attend a seminar of some sort regarding estate planning. Chris Hogan, one of Dave Ramsey’s personalities, was here towards the end of March but his speaking arrangement wasn’t centered solely around estate planning and instead, was more of a “smart money” event about getting out of debt etc. After doing some research, I found several different seminars that will be taking place locally next month around the Salt Lake Valley, but since the semester will be over by…

Roosevelt, who was a supporter of Stalin and replaced with Truman, who agreed heavily with Britain, affected negotiations. Several talks conference attempt to mend the difference between the nations but the outcome was more struggle of power ending with the start of the Cold War. During World War II the U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies and conclude with a victory for both. Then in a few years time, the allies became enemies and engaged in a military, political ideology, and economic…

of America joined WWI due to beneficial economic relations with the Allies and German advances towards the American people. In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles resolved WWI, but left Germany in tremendous debt as they had to pay all war reparations. Because Germany was struggling, the Nazis rose to power under the leadership of Hitler. Adolf Hitler became the German dictator. WWII then began as the Allies felt that the spread of fascism and undemocratic practices needed to be halted. At this time,…

Yalta Conference in Ukraine which was in February 1945 this was a time were US President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Russian leader Stalin all sat down for a private meeting and this was done prior to the end of World War II In this meeting, President Roosevelt was looking for help from the Soviet leader Stalin to make a stand against Japan and to do this they needed a stronger military. To get help from Stalin we had to agree to give them control of Sakhalian, Kurile Island…

The Second World War was one of the most challenging periods humanity has ever faced. The world was plagued by death and destruction caused by feuding countries in a war of power. During the war, the United States of America and the Soviet Union played a great role. Their military forces helped bring down Nazi Germany and recovered what was left of Europe. But issues ensued during these trying times that caused these wartime allies turn on each other and become enemies during the Cold War. What…

situation the United States happened to be placed in. Nevertheless, these actions were a major contribution to the development of the Cold War, and seeing as how blame cannot be placed on the circumstances, the United States must be held responsible for their actions. That’s not to say the discussion of the circumstances which provoked the United States to take these actions are not worth discussing, as they are an essential element of the U.S.’s incentive to expand their spheres of influence…