Potsdam conference

When was the Potsdam conference

July-august 1945

Who was Roosevelt replaced by after his death in 1945

Harry S. Truman

After Winston Churchill’s loss in the 1945 general election who replaced him

Clement Attlee

5 main events before the conference

US scientists developed the atomic bomb

New arrivals to the Big three - Stalin not impressed

United Nations created in the treaty of San Francisco

Germany surrendered in may 1945

51 members signed the treaty

What did Truman want to do

Get ‘tuff’ with Stalin as he was suspicious

What was split into 4 zones

Berlin - the capital of germany was split into 4 zones

Germany was split into 4 zones

Who ran the 4 zones

Each zone ran by a different power, France, Britain, USA, Soviet Union

What was the problem with the new arrivals of the Big three

Tension began to rise between the three particularly between Truman and Stalin