194517 July–2 August 1945 · Potsdam

Potsdam Conference

Attlee, Truman and Stalin seated with their advisers in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace, July 1945 — Archival image: US Government (Harry S. Truman Library). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Truman, Stalin and Churchill, replaced midway by Clement Attlee after Britain's election, met at Cecilienhof palace to decide the future of defeated Germany. They agreed on occupation, disarmament and denazification, placed German lands east of the Oder and Neisse under Polish administration and approved the removal of millions of Germans from eastern Europe. A declaration demanding Japan's surrender was issued from Potsdam.