HIST 302 Lecture 24: HIST 302 Lecture 24
16 Jun 2017
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Terms: geneva summit (1955), oder, neisse, stettin, iosip broz tito, comintern, Themes: potsdam conference, 1945, the role of the a-bomb, 1945, unwanted conflicts, 1945-46, the long telegram and its consequences, 1946, germany, 1946, the truman doctrine and its consequences, 1947, division of germany, 1947-49. Sw of berlin place where frederick the great built his castle one of the very few buildings that wasn"t destroyed during the war. Potsdam = closest to a peace conference, like vienna (1815) or paris (1919) Potsdam = last meeting between the big 3: su, gb + us. L-> unlike vienna or paris, this conference doesn"t lead to a peace treaty. L->no peace treaty with germany until 1990, none at all with japan. L-> overshadowed by uk election: overlapped by gb general election results. Churchill + attlee returned to london for the announcement of the election results, but the next day, attlee returned to potsdam alone.
