The Potsdam Conference - When the Cold War began
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2015
- July 1945 - two month after the end of the war in Europe and the allied victory over the German Reich the three allied leaders have come to Germany to work out a piece treaty - these 16 days, where the fate of post-war Europe was decided, go down in history as the Potsdam Conference (Jul 17, 1945 - Aug 2, 1945)
The outcome was intended as a peace treaty for Europe, but it turned out to be the beginning of 45 years of cold war.
It was at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, where the big three met: Harry S. Truman, President of the Unites States of America, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, the Russian Communist Party General Secretary
The main topics to negotiate were how to divide the control over Germany (division into occupation zones), to agree on German reparations, to agree on the German borders, but also on borders of Poland, the dimantling of German war industry and the punishment of war criminals (trials, held some month later in Nuremberg).
Truman's intent was also to end the war in Japan as soon as possible. He mentioned a "powerful new weapon". In the last days of the conference, the US, Britain and China gave Japan an ultimatum to surrender or otherwise threatened with "prompt and utter destruction" without mentioning a new bomb.
Some days after the Potsdam Conference, Trum gave the order to drop off the first atomic bomb on Japan (Aug 6, 1945)
The documentation also shows pictures from the Berlin directly after the war, the destroyed city, the Führerbunker (Hitler's bunker), women clearing away the rubble, etc.
Cecilienhof in Potsdam is nowaday a memorial commemorating the Conference and negotiations for peace.
A film by Bernhard von Gersdorff
Production: Bengt von zu Mühlen
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It happened in 1945 and now I see the actual footage in 2017. Thanks for preserving and providing this original film footage for us to view 70 years later.
Richard Boudville what are you talking about? what footage are you talking about?!
Bruv u can literally see King Arthur fighting against evil on Netflix in HD....
As many have alrerady said, thank you for preserving history, briliant footage, and well put together video :)
Really good! Thanks for publishing it
Very interesting video! Thanks for publishing it!
tignan mo Sir, sila sila lang ang nag uusap, how about us and the reason why internet connects us closely so we have a say in world affairs by digital platforms, afterall we are all passerby and equally to the eyes of OUR SENDER
the unifying factor the pandemic era, they are both allied and after dividing the world among them they oppose it's other and how many wars followed
1:39 Because he was Stalin. I'll see myself out.
Went and visited Schloss Cecilienhof today. You can practically taste history in there, and to be in the same rooms in which, after the war, the worlds biggest powers came together and arm wrestled over the future of Germany and Europe is a fantastic experience. Located in such a secluded and peaceful place as well. Definitely recommendable if you’re ever visiting Berlin/Potsdam.
Generally a good video, with great footage. However, some big gaps: especially no mention of the Yalta conference a few months before - when exactly the same agenda was debated for 8 days and most key issues firmed-up. Since then: the Russians had failed to carry through what they agreed to do re Poland; and the Americans had a successful atomic bomb test (Truman was told this during the Potsdam conference). This latter news meant that the imperative of getting Russian involvement in the war with Japan fell away - and that was one of the top two things Roosevelt got from Yalta. Also this news changed the Potsdam dynamic completely - suddenly the USA was top dog, and Truman made that plain. This dramatically increased the paranoia of Stalin. Also, remember that, though Truman had been US Vice-President under Roosevelt, he had been excluded from Yalta and never been overseas (except once some time ago). And Churchill was replaced during the conference. So, overall, Potsdam failed in its intention to consolidate Yalta - quite the opposite. The rest is history.
BTW, the reason the plenary sessions started in the afternoon, was that the evenings and mornings were needed for working sessions by the hordes of officials led by the foreign secretaries (Eden, Molotov, Byrnes) to come up with recommendations & detailed proposals fleshing-out basics agreed by the heads of state the previous afternoon.
Good point about the Yalta Conference and the Soviets later failed to live up their commitment on Poland . The key to understanding Yalta , is that 6.8 million solders of the Soviet army we already in Eastern Europe , most of Poland and 80 km from Berlin . So at this point in the war , Stalin was holding most of the cards .
FDR at Yalta , and Truman at Potsdam , wanted to secure Stalin's commitment to attack the JIA in Manchuria , to help end the Asian Pacific war with Japan .
But if you read Truman's personal diary , as soon as he was informed the US had a working atomic bomb , his attitude to getting the Soviets involved seemed to have changed .
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Well done...some analysis a bit tough upon Truman who tried to have the Big 3 get along.
Whats were resolutions which reached during Potsdam conference?
The major take away was having Stalin agree to join the attack on Japan held Manchurian China. During the Potsdam conference is also when Truman go word that atomic bombs were tested successfully.
Truman basically set out to put America as top dog. In stark contrast to The Yalta Conference a little earlier. Truman got news of the atomic bomb & didn't need Soviet help in Japan as much.
The evil triumvirate, who were at each other’s throat as soon as the hostilities on European main-land ended !
Anyone know when this film was made?
I can’t be certain, but looks like early to mid-nineties to me.
What caused tension between the Allie at the Potsdam conference
Voiceover vs. subtitles - voiceover can be done in a different tone which changes the sense of the words.
5:36 MAGIC TRAIN
The imposition of the Oder-Niesse line was a petty and vindictive act of revenge. Lands were given to Poland that had been German for 1,000 years. A fairer settlement would have been to let Poland keep the Lwow region and gain all of East Prussia, Danzig and upper Silesia only.
Польша не заслужила, пусть радуется тому что есть
The point was not to have ukrainian and belarussian-majority regions under Polish rule anymore.
German lands were given to Poland as compensation and Germans were expelled to prevent forever Germany from using its diaspora as a threat to world peace.
Thus, for the sake of stability, we went from a multiethnic to a monoethnic Poland.
@@davidnavarro4821 I understand what happened but the amount of territory given to Poland was excessive. The original intention of the western allies was to give East Prussia, Danzig and Upper Silesia to Poalnd, which would have been enough. Poland had no valid claim to any other territories.
А польский гусь не подавится?
Черчилль
Truman wasnt wrong
According to Giles Milton (Checkmate in Berlin), Stalin had rail cars taken out of a museum to make an impressive entrance in Potsdam.
why did roosevelt have to die he was so close to seeing the end he was good man 😥😥
That was very very interesting, there's so much we still don't know, thanks for your help.
Today's meeting will go some way in redressing this
No disrespect to Winston but he was depressed and didn't want to deal with it cos he was hungover...legend
- highly impulsive
- hyper focused on a subject area ( military events )
- struggled with depression ( he called his black dog )
- self medicated with cigars , Johnnie Walker and Champagne
So this all points to ....
devide to rule.... all three members of the same club....knights templer
It's good to establish some boundaries and ethics early on....
Didn't talk about Molotov
The Potsdam Conference was the confirmation of the division and subjugation of Europe between the Victorious Anglo Saxon Powers and the Soviet Union. This included the US policy of further granting Territories to their military ally, the Soviets, by gifting them the Japanese Kuril Islands for the empty promises made by Stalin to join their war against Japan. The question of the Kuril Islands remains an unresolved issue to this date. The Japanese Government has requested the return of these Islands from the Russian Federation. The conference was a friendly meeting between the victorious military alliance of the US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, after the completion of the Second World War in 1945.
Советы потом и кровью отвоевали Курилы а каком подарке ты пишешь, вот как вас учат Истории, долбоебы
Well that's pretty impressive considering the Anglo Saxon era ended in 1066 .
The Norman and Plantagenet nobility ruled over England and Wales for the next 300 years . This is why there are so many French words in the English language .
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25:49 Victor's vengeance. That is all this was. In most ways, Stalin was FAR worse than old mustache man anyway. He killed FAR more people. He was also fixing to invade West.. That's why his army was so quickly defeated early on. They were in offensive positions and postures. He was also responsible for the 10s of thousands of Polish officers who were murdered in the forest, something the nazis hung for. This is not in dispute. When the Soviet Union fell, the archives were opened up to Western historians.
СССР не пал, его развалили продажно позорные пидарасы предатели
We always see what God did after God has done it like Abraham his descendants had to go to Egypt and then Moses was going to bring them back in 400 years
We did it stalin we chalked up a win
@Coolmaniexist my victory truman your troops arrived late
Treaty not signed... War July 27. My Birthday
Stalin got all the credit for the victory of world war II you want to be the leader when the war ends you can claim the victory it doesn't matter who won it just who survived the strongest in China chairman Mao z tongue Zedong.
where was france actually?
where was tannu tuva actually?
They got kuked by Germany
still probably recovering after the allies took it back from germany
the advance technology of Europe divide the world among themselves British India documentary Sir Jeremy Paxman Treaty of Tordesillas
the grateful commenters below many of them seem completely oblivious of the political and nationalistic biases that are evident here.
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11:20 " With reference to Stalin : What Truman actually said was
" I like the little son of a bitch " and felt that he could do business with him .
Clearly this Historian has a cultural misunderstanding .
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to say you fight for peace is little ironic.
what if USSR didn't collapse?
is modern russia so different as regards contemporary world politics?
The USSR spent too much on Vietnam and Afghanistan which messed the economy, and Gorbachev's reforms allowed the USSR to collapse faster.
British empire met its end, since war monger Churchill dug tomb for the Nation step by step on Boer war, Gallipoli disaster ww1, Norway fiasco ww2 et
Grow up
Well over the past 300 years the British ruling class and merchant class are probably 10th in committing atrocities and brutality . However , the British are 1st in developing and exporting democracy , human rights , law , commerce , industrialization , science and technology over that same 300 year period .
Amazing how many people have bought into the propaganda from the likes of the neo liberal media such as the Guardian ( Scott Trust ) .
Any comments about the Japanese Imperial Empire , or Mao's Cultural Revolution , the Belgians in the Congo , Portuguese or Spanish in Latin America or the Ottomans ?
How about the Neo Colonialism that is going on in Africa today or an estimated 40 million slaves in the world today ?
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BTW : Did it ever occur to you , you have the freedom of expression , and the technology to express your ideas , in a public forum , all because of the ideas ACCEPTED during the English / Scottish Enlightenment of the late 17th Century ?
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Omg idiot
“Churchill dug tomb for the nation” you’re clearly an absolute moron. Without him Britain would have been doomed
We should never help Stalin to push Germans away out of the soviet borders. Russians did not deserve our help. We all suffer due to that.
If you 🤔 think there was more then 5 ethics Russians and not jews in tge top 300 positions i want you to name 2... They were enslaved the Russians i Hope the Russians kick NATO ass and take Ukraine worry about your own border white man
None of them are good guys
In 1933 the Reichstag building burnt down
Valerie Griner Also in 1933 was the Concordat of Rome, a treaty between the Vatican and Hitler (the Third Reich). This made the Vatican the 1st nation to recognize the Hitler regime ...
The real question is who burnt the Reichstag down. It was very convenient for Hitler.
@@tomburton8239 it was an anarchist allegedly. But most likely he was framed by the National Socialists.
They should have. sent Patton to meet stalin
Once a cheater always a cheater.