Potsdam+Conference

The Potsdam conference was held in Potsdam, Germany from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the allies of World War II, who had gathered to decide how to administer Germany. Germany had surrendered nine weeks earlier, on May 8.

The conference goals included:
 * establishment of post-war order
 * peace treatys issues
 * and the effects of war