the potsdam conference is known in history as the moment when a new map of europe was drawn three weeks after the unconditional surrender of nazi germany leaders from the three eyed nations sat down together in an attempt to establish a post-war order as a result germany was divided into four zones and control allied forces but the meeting also became the last time the allies worked together before the cold war and some experts believe that the time of the potsdam conference decades of political conflicts could have been avoided. i think there was there was still a real chance at the time of plots to avoid the cold war i think what it required was and it would have been a leap of faith in the summer of nine hundred forty five but it required a real understanding of the scale of the suffering that the soviet union had in jewett on a realisation that if we take the story back to nine hundred forty two when the soviet union had been invaded the german forces were stalling it wasn't just being invaded by germany but by a coalition of eastern european countries remaining on this treaty you c

last time the allies worked together before the cold war and some experts believe the time of the potsdam conference decades of political conflicts could have been avoided. i think there was there was still a real chance at the time of plots to avoid the cold war i think what it required was and it would have been a leap of faith in the summer of nine hundred forty five but it required a real understanding of the scale of the suffering that the soviet union had in jewett on a realisation that if we take the story back to nine hundred forty two when the soviet union had been invaded the german forces were stalling it wasn't just being invaded by germany but by a coalition of eastern european countries remaining in on this treaty you can the caucasus from gary and on this there were croatian troops fighting but stalling drive on the perception was of course this was how the journey through the un to that that it was a crusade a european precise age against bolshevism and if we bear that in mind i think we can understand the soviet point of view was that they want they wanted to create a buf

leaders of the soviet union the united kingdom and the united states gathered in the german city of potsdam danger up a new map of europe from the end of nazi occupation during world war two leaders from the three allied nations having secured the unconditional surrender of nazi germany sat down together in an attempt to establish a post-war order as a result germany was divided into four zones and controlled by the forces the conference which discussed the possibility of soviet forces joining the allied fight in the far east started just weeks before the us dropped the atomic bomb on japan. that is on the director of the world history institute says the conference marked the last time the allies work together before the cold war they also showed how partners can put aside their differences in pursuit of a common goal. to convince a growing with the main purpose of a portsdown conference was to draw a final line on the war was the last time the allies were working together and not engage in the cold war it also showed that as in every day life as long as there is a common target for partner