President Truman arrives in Antwerp, Belgium for Potsdam Conference 70 years ago this hour (July 15 1945)

1940s, World War II


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(Sunday, July 15, 1945, 10:04 a.m. CEST; during World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman arrived in Antwerp, Belgium, this morning aboard the USS Augusta, bound for Antwerp, Belgium, for the Potsdam Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on July 17, 1945, in Potsdam, occupied Germany (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:52:51).


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