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Diplomatic conferences in Germany
- Potsdam ConferenceThe Potsdam Conference opened on the 17th of July 1945 at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, near Berlin. Harry S. Truman had just assumed the presidency after Franklin…
- Munich Security ConferenceEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin established the conference in 1963 as a private gathering of about 60 participants. He was a resistance fighter from the…
- Peace of WestphaliaEurope had been battered by both the Thirty Years' War and the overlapping Eighty Years' War. These conflicts exacted a heavy toll in money and lives across…