British PM Churchill calls on President Truman in Babelsberg 70 years ago this hour (July 16 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Potsdam Conference: Big Three: Truman, Stalin & Churchill Meet in Berlin 1945 US US OWI Newsreel' (Churchill and Truman at 2:05-2:11)

(Monday, July 16, 1945, 11:00 a.m. CEST; during World War II) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill called on U.S. President Harry S. Truman this morning at U.S. headquarters at Babelsberg, Germany, ahead of the Potsdam Conference with Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (whose late arrival delayed the conference to July 17, 1945). (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:54:11).