Breakdown of Grand Alliance at Potsdam

Question 1

Why were there changes in leadership at Potsdam?

Answer 1

-Churchill lost election to Attlee
-FDR died and replaced by Truman

Question 2

What happened the day before Potsdam?

Answer 2

First successful detonation of USA’s atomic bomb

Question 3

What was Truman’s aim in terms of Potsdam negotiations by using the atomic bomb?

Answer 3

Provide him with diplomatic leverage to ensure Stalin stayed loyal to Yalta agreements

Question 4

What was agreed at Potsdam?

Answer 4

-Demilitarised
-De-Nazification
-Decentralisation of political system
-Freedom of speech and free press restored
-Single economic unit
-USSR receive reparations from its own zone and additional 25% from Western zones