World politics, 1945-1989

Secretary of Army Frank Pace (right) and his wife Margaret (left) stand on a balcony overlooking the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, Italy. From the album, United States Forces in Austria, Logistical Command.

From left to right: Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Marshall Joseph Stalin at a meeting of the Allies at Potsdam. This image is a slight crop of another image in our collection, 63-1457-28.

Le Palais de Justice. The Law-Courts in Rouen, France, after World War I. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

The Big Three and their foreign ministers in the palace garden of the Potsdam conference area. Seated, from left to right: Clement R. Attlee, Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin. Standing are: Admiral William D. Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James F. Byrnes and Vyacheslav Molotov.

Snapshot of a sign at the site of the Truman Bridge (floating pontoon) U. S. Forces established across the Elbe River during World War II. The sign reads "Truman Bridge - Gateway to Berlin over the Elbe, Courtesy 83rd Thunderbolt Division." The bridge was completed and first used the day President Truman was sworn in, April 12, 1945. The camera and film were confiscated from a German officer who had been captured on the other side of the river. From: LTC Garland S. Dillon USAR RTD.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (right) at the conference table at Potsdam, Germany. Seated at the conference table (center) is Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Attlee arrived back in Potsdam, accompanied by Mr. Bevin, to resume the Berlin Conference discussions with President Truman and Marshal Stalin. From: Cyril Clemens, Mark Twain Journal, Kirkwood, Missouri.