The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

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Cecil Fleener, who as a member of President Harry Truman’s staff in 1945 attended the Potsdam Conference to negotiate the terms of post-war Germany, has died of old-age conditions and diabetes. He was ...

August 1, 1945, front row from left Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, back row from left, William Daniel Leahy, Ernest Bevin and James F. Byrnes. Yevgeni Khaldei (1917-1997) was a Soviet ...

According to Dmitry Medvedev, elites in the West have been seeking to isolate Moscow and avenge their past failures, as fear and reluctance to engage in dialogue with other nations gives rise to ...

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Cecil Fleener, who as a member of President Harry Truman’s staff in 1945 attended the Potsdam Conference to negotiate the terms of post-war Germany, has died of old-age conditions and diabetes. He was ...