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“We shall not be diverted from our purpose of destroying German militarism and Nazism.”
“The British Government is determined that Germany shall never again be able to disturb the peace of the world.”
“The Allies have agreed that the German people must be given the opportunity to prepare for the eventual reconstruction of their life on a democratic and peaceful basis.”
“If the Japanese Government does not accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”
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The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from 17 July to 2 August 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They were represented respectively by General Secretary Joseph Stalin, prime ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman. They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to an unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier. The goals of the conference also included establishing the postwar order, solving issues on the peace treaty, and countering the effects of the war.