Main entrance of the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, where the Conference of the ‘Big Three’ leaders of the United States (Harry S. Truman), the United Kingdom (Winston Churchill, succeeded by Clement Attlee) and the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) was held with a view, in particular, to determine the fate of a defeated Germany.

On 14 July 1945, the French daily newspaper Le Monde outlines the political and territorial implications of the Potsdam Conference.

On 17 July 1945, the British left-wing daily newspaper The Manchester Guardian describes the mutual distrust which has arisen between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.

The Potsdam Conference opens on 17 July 1945. American President Harry S. Truman takes over from Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died on 12 April that year; and, on 28 July, Clement Attlee, victorious in the recent British general elections, replaces Winston Churchill.

The leaders of the three Great Powers (from left to right: Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin) attend the Potsdam Conference, held from 17 July to 2 August 1945.

Meeting in Potsdam from 17 July to 2 August 1945, delegations from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union discuss the fate of Germany and the shape of post-war Europe.

Winston Churchill was defeated in the general elections held on 26 July 1945 and stepped down as leader of the British Government. Labour MP Clement Attlee replaced him and, two days later, continued the discussions with the United States and the Soviet Union in Potsdam on the future of Germany.

On 2 August 1945, following the Potsdam Conference, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort lists the decisions adopted by the Allies vis-à-vis defeated Germany.

On 3 August 1945, the British daily newspaper The Manchester Guardian casts a critical eye over the outcome of the Potsdam Conference.

On 4 August 1945, the day after the Potsdam Conference, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool outlines the principal measures taken against Germany and outlines the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers.

On 4 August 1945, the French daily newspaper Combat presents the impressions of the French diplomatic world concerning the outcome of the Potsdam Conference.

On 9 August 1945, in a radio broadcast, Harry S. Truman, US President, presents a report on the Potsdam Conference and the main decisions taken there.

In his memoirs, James F. Byrnes, former US Secretary of State, recalls the difficult negotiations with the Soviet Union on the subject of German reparations during the Potsdam Conference from 17 July 1945 to 2 August 1945.

Dans ses Mémoires, l'ancien président américain Harry S. Truman livre ses impressions sur la menace d'expansion soviétique au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale telle qu'il l'a ressentie au lendemain de la Conférence de Potsdam.

At the Potsdam Conference, held from 17 July to 2 August 1945, the first signs of tension between the USSR and the United States become apparent, particularly during negotiations on the occupation of defeated Germany.

A note dated 1946 from an unattributed source inside the Belgian Foreign Ministry appraises the economic consequences of the Potsdam Conference and of the Allied occupation of a defeated Germany.