Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) descend the steps of the Little White House in the Potsdam Conference area. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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.

Women's Army Corps Corporal Alma Bradley operates switchboard at the Little White House, President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General Brehon B. Somervell, Commanding General, Army Service Forces, center, is escorted to his car by Brigadier General Earl S. Hoag, Commander of the European Division Air Transport Command. General Somervell has arrived at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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.

Anthony Eden (foreground, right) arrives at Gatow Airport in Berlin for the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, Admiral Harold Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer, and Ambassador Charles Sawyer walk to the docks at Antwerp, Belgium to meet President Harry S. Truman who has just arrived on the U. S. S. Augusta en route to attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Winston Churchill (right) on the steps of the Little White House in the Potsdam, Germany. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

English ships escort the U. S. S. Augusta across the English channel on its way to Antwerp, Belgium. President Harry S. Truman is on board, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Civilians and Allied soldiers lined the streets of Antwerp, Belgium to see President Harry S. Truman passing by in an automobile from Antwerp to Brussels, where he boarded a plane for Potsdam, Germany. President Truman is not visible in this picture. From Potsdam album, 1945.