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1 a city in Germany, the capital of Brandenburg on the Havel River: residence of Prussian kings and German emperors and scene of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, at which the main Allied powers agreed on a plan to occupy Germany at the end of the Second World War. Pop: 144 979 (2003 est)

Potsdam

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(pŏts'dăm), city (1994 pop. 139,262), capital of Brandenburg , E Germany, on the Havel River, near Berlin. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Manufactures include processed food, textiles, electrotechnical equipment, boats, and locomotives. The suburb of Babelsberg (incorporated into Potsdam after 1940) was known as the center of the pre–World War II German and postwar East German motion-picture industry; motion-picture studios are still there. First mentioned in the late 10th cent. and chartered in the 14th cent., Potsdam was insignificant until Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg made it a residence (1660). The city's chief development came under Frederick II of Prussia (ruled 1740–86), who made Potsdam his chief residence and who built the palace and park of Sans Souci (1745–47) and the New Palace (1763–69). Also, the Town Palace was rebuilt (c.1745; destroyed in World War II) during his reign. The royal family of Prussia (later also the imperial family of Germany) …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(pŏts'dăm), city (1994 pop. 139,262), capital of Brandenburg , E Germany, on the Havel River, near Berlin. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Manufactures include processed food, textiles, electrotechnical equipment, boats, and locomotives. The suburb of Babelsberg (incorporated into…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2002 est.:130,435), capital of Brandenburg state, Germany. It is located on the Havel River southwest of Berlin . First mentioned in 993 as a Slav settlement, it was chartered in 1317. It became the electoral residence of the margrave of Brandenburg in 1640 under Frederick William , the…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Village, St. Lawrence co., N New York, 27 mi. (43 km.) E of Ogdensburg; pop. (2000c) 9425; paper, dairy products; State Univ. of New York Coll. at Potsdam (1816), Clarkson Univ. (1896). District, of former East Germany; now split bet. Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. City, ✽ of Brandenburg state, …
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
1945 The Potsdam Conference, April 16–August 2, 1945, was the last of the major World War II summit conferences. Germany had surrendered on May 8, 1945, and Japan would surrender on September 2. Joseph Stalin continued to represent the Soviet Union as he had throughout the war. Following Franklin…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
The World War II Allies met in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945, following their victory in Europe. Representatives at the conference included President Harry S. Truman, in office only since April; Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and British prime ministers Winston…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
In 1945, the final year of World War II, the Allies faced a number of challenges, not the least of which was that Harry Truman replaced Franklin Roosevelt at the helm of American foreign policy. That Truman was unprepared because he was deliberately kept out of the inner circle of wartime…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(July 17–Aug. 2, 1945) Allied conference held in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam after Germany’s surrender in World War II . Harry Truman , Joseph Stalin , and Winston Churchill (later replaced by Clement R. Attlee ) met to discuss European peace settlements, the administration of defeated Germany, the…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
meeting (July 17–Aug. 2, 1945) of the principal Allies in World War II (the United States, the USSR, and Great Britain) to clarify and implement agreements previously reached at the Yalta Conference . The chief representatives were President Truman, Premier Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill, and, …
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From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
From July 17–August 2, 1945, the Allied powers...
The last allied summit conference of World War II, the Potsdam Conference, held from July 17 to August 2, 1945, in Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin, Germany, led to several significant decisions regarding the shape of the postwar world, including the occupations of Germany, the…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
The Potsdam Conference, held near Berlin, July 17-August 2, 1945, was the last of the Big Three meetings during World War II. It was attended by Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, the new American president, Harry S. Truman, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain (replaced on…
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