page_title: Potsdam Conference
section_title: Potsdam Agreements
hierarchical_section_title: Potsdam Conference / Agreements / Potsdam Agreements
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: das mögliche Vertreibungsgebiet und die Folgen für die Bevölkerung English: Allied map used to determine the number of Germans that would have to be expelled from the eastern German territories using different border scenarios
context_page_description: The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17th to August 2nd, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.
  They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on the 8th of May. The goals of the conference also included the establishment of the postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war.
  Additionally, the Foreign Secretaries of the three Governments, James F. Byrnes, V. M. Molotov, and Anthony Eden, the Chief of Staff, with other advisers also participated in the Conference. From July 17th to July 25th, nine meetings were held. After that, the Conference was interrupted for two days, as the results of the British General Election were announced. On July 28, Clement Attlee defeated Winston Churchill in the British general election and replaced him as Britain’s representative through the Potsdam Conference, accompanied by the new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ernest Bevin.
context_section_description: At the end of the conference, the three heads of government agreed on the following actions. All other issues were to be answered by the final peace conference, which was to be called as soon as possible.
caption: Demographics map used for the border discussions at the conference
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