Potsdam Conference

July 17 – August 2, 1945 · Cecilienhof, Potsdam

Meeting of Stalin, Truman and Churchill (replaced by Attlee during the conference) to settle the occupation of Germany and the postwar order in Europe. It also produced the Potsdam Declaration demanding Japan's unconditional surrender.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Joseph Stalin head of state/government

Harry S. Truman President

Winston Churchill Prime Minister

Clement Attlee Prime Minister (from 28 July)

Participants

United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union

Also involved 5

Anthony Eden Foreign Secretary (until 26 July)
George C. Marshall US Army chief of staff
Henry L. Stimson Secretary of War, attending
Bolesław Bierut Polish delegate
Vyacheslav Molotov Soviet foreign minister