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Big Three
Photo by: U.S. Army Signal Corps
The three major Allies WWII: the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union often met during times of war to discuss strategy and determine how the world would be organized at the end of the war. This photograph is of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Potsdam, Germany in July of 1945.
The three leaders all met in Potsdam towards the end of the war to discuss the unconditional surrender of the Japanese. “At this meeting, Truman hinted to Stalin that the United States now had a new weapon of incredible explosive force, but he never identified the atomic bomb by name” (Gladdis). Remarks such as this put tension on these nations to continue working together until the war was over.
The Cold War developed out of international tensions that had to be suppressed during World War II. The three major allies all had their own national priorities and objectives, however, put them temporarily aside. This was imperative in order to defeat the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan. It was apparent, especially by the war’s end, more friction was arising between the relationships of the British, Americans, and Soviets.
Gladdis, John Lewis. The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
Big Three
Photo by: U.S. Army Signal Corps
The three major Allies WWII: the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union often met during times of war to discuss strategy and determine how the world would be organized at the end of the war. This photograph is of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Potsdam, Germany in July of 1945.
The three leaders all met in Potsdam towards the end of the war to discuss the unconditional surrender of the Japanese. “At this meeting, Truman hinted to Stalin that the United States now had a new weapon of incredible explosive force, but he never identified the atomic bomb by name” (Gladdis). Remarks such as this put tension on these nations to continue working together until the war was over.
The Cold War developed out of international tensions that had to be suppressed during World War II. The three major allies all had their own national priorities and objectives, however, put them temporarily aside. This was imperative in order to defeat the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan. It was apparent, especially by the war’s end, more friction was arising between the relationships of the British, Americans, and Soviets.
Gladdis, John Lewis. The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.