Question

The Potsdam Conference of 1945 marked the beginning of diplomatic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union because

A) Truman was suspicious of Stalin's actions in eastern Europe.
B) Truman confronted Stalin with evidence of Soviet war crimes.
C) Stalin reneged on his agreement to assist the United States in its fight against Japan.
D) Stalin demanded that German prisoners of war be executed as part of terms of the unconditional surrender.

Answer 1

The Potsdam Conference of 1945 marked the beginning of diplomatic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union because? Truman was suspicious of Stalin's actions in Eastern Europe. At this 1943 conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin developed a strategic plan to defeat Nazi Germany and her allies.

Answer 2

Truman was suspicious of Stalin's actions in Eastern Europe.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Potsdam Conference was a conference held near Berlin in 1945. It was the last conference of the WWII and featured the US President Truman, British Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet Premier Stalin.

During the Conference, the leaders reached a series of agreements about Germany, such as punishments, land boundaries and reparations.

But the Conference was marked by the fact that the three Great Powers had contradictory viewpoints about many subjects, Nazism was not a problem anymore and nations were preparing for the post-war era. Truman was suspicious about Stalin’s actions and he was right, just after the Conference, the Soviet Union reconstituted the German Communist Party in the Eastern Sector of Germany and placed Moscow members in many positions of power. This started the separation of Germany and the Cold War.