Potsdam, Germany. 1945-07. The Potsdam Conference of the "Big Three" Allied countries (United ...

Accession Number P02018.396
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Hutchinson
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Potsdam, Germany. 1945-07. The Potsdam Conference of the "Big Three" Allied countries (United States, USSR, and Britain) issued a thirteen point ultimatum to Japan offering "complete and utter destruction" as the alternative to unconditional surrender. Left to right: Marshal Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill pictured at the conference.

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