Monday, March 1, 2010

Cold War - Potsdam Conference

  1. Division of Germany into occupation zones - set the stage for East / West Berlin madness between capitalism and communism
  2. War reparations on Germany for USSR, not as great as desired - lead to USSR aggression post WWII
  3. Truman hint at "powerful new weapon" to Stalin - eventually unleash A-Bomb on Japan to end the war
  4. US call for unconditional surrender of Japan, Russia fall through with promises of aiding US in Japan after Germany's surrender

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