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How Potsdam Gave Birth to the Cold War

Flawed Summit

Between the fall of Germany and the Japanese surrender, Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met for two weeks in a Berlin suburb to negotiate Europe’s fate. Then things went south.

James A. Warren

James A. Warren

Published Jul. 19 2015 12:01AM EDT

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James A. Warren

James A. Warren

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