The Potsdam Conference, held in Potsdam, Germany between the "Big Three": Britain, The Soviet Union and the United States comes to an end on August 2, 1945, without resolution on key issues.
The conference was held to negotiate the terms for the end of World War II. Even though the Allies remained committed to fighting a joint war in the Pacific, mutual distrust stemming from differing views of what a postwar world should look, like led to disagreements on several key issues between the Soviet Union and the West, set the stage for the Cold War. More
