In July 1945, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill (and later Clement Attlee), and Joseph Stalin met at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin. The war in Europe was over, but the shape of the post-war world was still being fought over. This episode walks through the key decisions: the division of Germany into four occupation zones, the Oder-Neisse Line, the fate of Königsberg, war reparations, and the secret agreement on Poland's western border. We also examine Stalin's poker-faced diplomacy as he learned about the successful Trinity test, and the first cracks between the former allies. Specific names include Vyacheslav Molotov, James F. Byrnes, Ernest Bevin, and the heads of the Soviet delegation. This is the summit that set the stage for the Cold War.
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