as they stamm, even worked for a stable european fees, harry truman and joseph stalin had decided onon against japan. russia joined the allies in war on the last remaining axis enemies. japan's stronghold in manchuria was attacked. for emperor here of a total and japanese militarism, the war was lost. in washington, secretary of war simpson and secretary of state burns hurried to the white house. the united states cabinet meeting with president truman, studied japan's surrender messages. in full coordination with the governments of britain, china, russia, and other allies. the world remembered franklin , years of great responsibility took their toll. a grateful world honored him today. ♪ andator: douglas macarthur, now named supreme allied commander in japan. china.der of fighting chester nimitz, commander of the mighty fleet. truman, after taking oath as president, led his country finally to victory and peace. he met with his covenant in an emergency session. the president breaks the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese g

joseph stalin said whatever we do, we can't make the same mistake. and again, i want to stress here that these men did not look at the conference in paris as ancient history. they looked at it as events out of their own lives. winston church hill was there. james burns was there. it appearance that burns was the man to convince woodrow wilson to attend the conference in person. john maynard king made a reputation at the conference and he was back at potsdan. the first document i saw doing research for this project was in the birmingham air kives which is where anthony eaton's papers were. the very first document was in 1943 of what had gone wrong at the paris peace conference. they were doing that in 1943 in anticipation of holding a conference just like this. i was fascinated by that. and so what did they think the mistakes were? re's where the disagreements starts. they all agreed that this conference was done badly. one that they more or less agreed was the preparation was a distrassrouse idea. setting a figure germany could not pay, insisting tha

when joseph stalin annexed the island, he deported them all. in 1956, the two countries finally ended t the state of wa. the soviet leaders agreed to hand over some islands after concluding a peace treaty. with the fall of the soviet union, russia has continued to control the islands. leaders on both sides made various attempts to settle the issue. but they couldn't reach an agreement. in that time, thousands of russians settled the islands and developed towns. prime minister abe and president vladimir putin agreed in 2013 to draw up solutions acceptable for both sides. >> translator: it was a big achievement that we agreed to restart and accelerate our talks. >> translator: we hope to further our ties in many fields including the energy sector. >> reporter: but the russian government took a hard-lined stance in 2014. japan joined western companies in sanctioning russia for its annexing of crimea. russian officials started to openly claim the northern territories had become part of their country as a consequence of the war. the japanese governm

. :00, -- 9:00, the 1945 meeting between joseph stalin reconstruction of europe. >> power in europe becameo-sum game. the problem under this viewpoint was to merge europe together, create a european union. poland germany, russia, do not see this as a zero-sum game. >> at sunday night >> the idea that american presidents have always gotten the very best health care available in whatever area they live, i want to tell you that this is a myth. problems begin almost immediately with george washington. >> richard levinson on myths surrounding presidents and their health. he will talk about how doctors have sometimes contributed to their death or save them from dying without public knowledge. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of grand rapids michigan. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. we continue now with the history of grand rapids. gerald ford passed away on december 26, 2006. he was very into thousand seven. we were open all night le

. >> in 1945 harry truman, winston churchhill and joseph stalin met in pottsdam germany to discuss europe's reconstruction. next, military historian talks worldpottsdam, the end of war ii. he chronicles their personalities. the hopes of not repeating the mistakes of the peace conference in paris. the kansas city public library hosted this 50-minute event. [applause] >> thanks everyone for coming out tonight. i don't know if it was the air-conditioning or the free wine or what. i'm thrilled that you're here. i want to start

but we were close an al life joseph stalin in world war ii against hitler because we needed stalin anded him uncle joe and there was lots of quasifriendliness. what we mattered is that we had massive armed forces and we used them and the russians respected us. you don't succeed at something like this based just on language. language is a tool. i don't think it is an absolute. >> you have spoken out ambassador against putin yourself telling the washington post in 2005, russia under putin is already a fascist state or close to becoming one. so we know where you stand on this. >> i think that is right. >> -- more important than what he says. right now he hasn't done anything when it comes to russia. all he's done is say. and here how he's -- >> i think i'd get along very well with vladimir putin. >> putin is a nicer person than i am. i would get along with russia. i would get aalong with putin. and he's not going make us look bad anymore. >> what makes you comfortable with him saying all of those things? what makes you believe he's do something different? >> i don't know the circumstances

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at c-span.org. 1945, with the churchville and joseph stalin met in potsdam, germany to negotiate the end of world war ii and europe's reconstruction. next, a military historian talks about his book. "the end of world war ii and the remaking of europe." hopes of not repeating the the 1919 paris peace conference and how their plans played out. the kansas city public library hosted this event. [applause] >> thank you for coming out tonight. i don't know if it was the air-conditioning or the free wine or what. i want to thank lisa and judy for their hospitality. and i want to thank the library folks. thing to benderful able to do at tnd

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niebuhr talks about his book, -- about the 1945 meeting of harry truman, winston churchill, and joseph stalin to negotiate the end of world war ii and the reconstruction of europe. >> the states of europe did not interact in enough. so the power power of europe became a zero-sum game. the way to solve the problem under this viewpoint was to merge europe together, create a european union and the phrase is already out there. so that france, germany, russia, poland, do not see events on the continent as a zero-sum game. >> on sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern,. >> the idea that american presidents have always gotten the very best health care available in whatever air they lived. well, want to tell you this is a charming method and problems began almost immediately with george washington. >> richard levinson on myths surrounding presidents and their health. he will talk about how doctors have sometimes contributed to a presidents death or save them from dying without public knowledge. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> for campaign 2016 c-span continues on the roa

talks about his book, "potsdam," but the 1945 meeting of harry truman, winston churchill, and joseph stalin to talk about the he found world war ii. >> power in europe became a zero sum game. the way to solve the problem under this viewpoint was to merge europe together, create a european union, and the phrase is already out there, so that france, germany, russia, poland, don't see events on the continent as a zero sum game. >>> on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> the idea that presidents got the best health care available in whatever era they lived, i want to tell you this is a charming myth. problems began almost immediately with george washington. >> richard levinson on myths surrounding presidents in their health. he'll talk about how doctors have sometimes contributed to a president's death or saved them from dying without public knowledge. for our complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> president obama met myanmar's aung san suu kyi in the oval office today. the president told the former political prisoner and nobel peace prize lawyer yet that the u.s. is ready t