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Potsdam Conference, 1945

Dignitaries review the 2nd Armored Division during the Potsdam Conference

From left to right: Major General Floyd Parks, U. S. Commanding General, Berlin Area; General George S. Patton, Jr., Commanding General, U. S. 3rd Army; Colonel William H. Kyle, aide to Secretary of War Stimson; John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War; Harvey H. Bundy; and Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson stand in a half track as they review the 2nd Armored Division, in Berlin, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Opening of the Potsdam Conference

Opening session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is seated foreground (back to camera). Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at left. Secretary of State James Byrnes is seated to the right of President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is seated two to the right of President Truman. British foreign minister Anthony Eden is to the left of Winston Churchill. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is to the left of Prime Minister Stalin. From Potsdam album, 1945.