What Was Agreed At Potsdam (July 1945)

Question 1

Japan

Answer 1

The conference agreed to the terms of surrender for Japan, to be managed by a council of foreign ministers in charge of peace settlements

Question 2

Poland

Answer 2

Much ground had been covered at Yalta as it was confirmed that the Polish provisional government of National Unity would hold ‘free and unfettered elections as soon as possible’

Question 3

Germany

Answer 3

• Allies prioritised the disarmament of the country
• The USSR was allowed to take reparations from the Soviet zone and 10% of the industrial equipment of the Western zones as reparations
• Germany was to become a single economic unit
• The Nazi party Gov and laws was to be destroyed
• German education shall be controlled to develop democratic ideas

Question 4

Spheres of influence

Answer 4

Quarrels over the Russians supposedly refusing to hold elections in Bulgaria and Romania and Britain accused of rigging elections in Greece