10 mark - Potsdam Flashcards
date
July 17 to August 2, 1945,
Potsdam decleration
July 26, 1945:
The Potsdam Declaration was issued, demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and warning of “prompt and utter destruction” if Japan refused..
hints at arms
Trinity test
July 16th 1945
Germany
August 1st 1945
they agree
=Germany was divided into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and France.
An Allied Control Council was established to oversee the administration of Germany.
Germany’s demilitarization, denazification, democratization, decentralization,
Each occupying power was to extract reparations from its own zone, with the Soviet Union permitted to take 10–15% of industrial equipment from the western zones in exchange for agricultural and other natural products from its zone
Establishment of the Allied Control Council
July 30th 1945
The Allied Control Council was constituted in Berlin to execute the Allied resolutions, focusing on the “Five Ds”:
Provisional Western Border of Poland
(August 1, 1945)
Key Provisions:
The Oder-Neisse Line was established as the provisional western border of Poland, placing significant German territories under Polish administration.
Expulsion of German Populations
(July 30, 1945)
Key Provisions:
The transfer of German populations from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary was recognized as necessary.
Poland border agreement
August 16th 1945
Polish-Soviet border agreement was officially signed, confirming the Curzon Line as the mutual border between Poland and the Soviet Union