Potsdam Conference: video questions, differentiated

This very thorough 15-minute documentary gives a comprehensive account of the context and issues at the conference: Nazi surrender, Yalta. Potsdam chosen as venue, the Cecilienhof refurbished. Positions in May 1945. The Pacific war continues, USSR prepares to enter. Stalin’s character, Truman and Roosevelt differ, Roosevelt dies. Churchill a pragmatist. UK general election, Attlee defers to Bevin. France excluded, De Gaulle begins to diverge from the Allies. The Morgenthau Plan. The Second Quebec Conference. USSR asset-stripping. The conference: foreign workers; administration of post-war Germany - demilitarization, denazification, democratization; borders of post-war Europe, Poland and the German territories; ethnic minorities, especially Germans, in occupied countries. The USSR and the war against Japan.

Find the film on YouTube by searching for Potsdam 1945 - War is Over

14 questions for the 15-min film Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

Treat yourself to ALL FIVE BBC Cold War reconstructions here.

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/history-file-cold-war-all-5-videos-question-sheets-12332576