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Potsdam

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Potsdam , city (1994 pop. 139,262), capital of Brandenburg , E Germany, on the Havel River, near Berlin. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Manufactures include processed food, textiles, electrotechnical equipment, boats, and locomotives. The suburb of Babelsberg (incorporated into Potsdam after 1940) was known as the center of the pre-World War II German and postwar East German motion-picture industry; motion-picture studios are still there. First mentioned in the late 10th cent. and chartered in the 14th cent., Potsdam was insignificant until Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg... Read more
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference. The World War II Allies met in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, from 17 July to 2 August, 1945...United States, Britain, and China also issued on 26 July the Potsdam Declaration, calling for the unconditional surrender of... Read more
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference (1945).On 17 July 1945, Josef Stalin , Harry...replaced on 28 July by Clement Attlee) met for eleven days at Potsdam near Berlin. They faced two related issues: ending the...At the end of the meeting, Truman and Attlee issued the Potsdam Declaration, calling upon Japan to surrender ... Read more

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