Which of the following is a result from the Potsdam Conference? the Soviet Union gained direct control over Polish territory and were given responsibility for administering its government the borders of Poland were redrawn to reclaim territory lost during the war to both Germany and the Soviet Union the Polish government signed the Warsaw Pact with the Soviet Union to better defend themselves from Western Europe the Soviet Union was forced to repay the Polish government for the loss of military equipment during the invasion of 1939
It was a long and complicated conference. The most important points were as follows. Truman (for the US), Stalin (for the USSR) and Attlee (for Britain) agreed: To divide Germany and Austria into three (or four) zones of occupation, with all the powers of occupation represented in Berlin abd Vienna. (Plans for breaking up Germany were rejected). That areas of Germany east of the Oder and Neisse Rivers were to be transferred to the USSR and Poland, and it was resolved that the German population should be deported. That the leading suspected war criminals were to be tried at Nuremberg. Reparations (mainly to the USSR) were fixed. Joncey Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, in Potsdam, Germany on 1945 by 3 countries, notably USSR headed by Joseph Stalin, USA led by president Harry S Truman and UK by Prime minister Winston Churchill later Clement Attlee. The main objective of this Potsdam Conference is to decide how to administer Post-war Germany which surrended unconditionally on 9 May 1945. Three main goals that are included in Potsdam Conference were - 1.Establishment of a country post-war 2.Peace treaties issues with neibouring countries 3.Countering the effects of war.
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