Potsdam Conference, 1945

The USS Augusta during the voyage of President Harry S. Truman to Antwerp, Belgium, July, 1945. President Truman was on his way to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

President Harry S. Truman at mess with enlisted personnel and officers aboard the U. S. S. Augusta on his voyage to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July 1945.

President Harry S. Truman at mess with enlisted personnel and officers aboard the U. S. S. Augusta on his voyage to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July 1945.

President Harry S. Truman on tour of inspection aboard the U. S. S. Augusta during his voyage to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July 1945.

Triple handshake, with, from left to right, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Generalissimo Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. Similar to 63-1457-29.

Portrait of President Harry S. Truman, smiling as he reads a letter and sits at his desk in Potsdam, Germany. U. S. Army Signal Corps File Number C-1858. Note the Presidential flag on the left of President Truman, with the old seal. Oversize copies of this photo exist.

Portrait of President Harry S. Truman sitting at his desk in Potsdam, Germany. Note the Presidential flag on the left of President Truman, with the old seal. Similar to 58-750.

Painting by H. R. Rittenberg of (L-R) Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. similar to photo number 58-611.

Leaders of the Big Three at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman and Josef Stalin on the lawn outside of Soviet Union Prime Minister Stalin's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. The group of men, L to R: Prime Minister Josef Stalin, Charles Bohlen, interpreter for President Truman, V. N. Pavlov, interpreter for Prime Minister Stalin, President Truman, Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Charles Ross, President Truman's Press Secretary, and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. From the album: President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 2