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6 unusual facts about Potsdam Agreement


Bezledy

After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement.

Chlebowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Under Nazi German rule, the village's name was Germanised to Lindenhain in 1937; after it fell to the Republic of Poland according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II), it was renamed Niemaszchleba and again in 1953 Chlebowo.

Nemirseta

After World War II, according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, the region again became part of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and the place, now called Nemirseta, finally lost its meaning as a German border town.

Osiecko, Lubusz Voivodeship

Osiecko returned to the Republic of Poland after World War II as stipulated by the Allied Potsdam Agreement and the German population was expelled.

SS Korsun Shevtshenkovsky

In February 1946, Empire Douglas was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Potsdam Agreement.

Straduny

In 1945 the village was placed under Polish administration according to the Potsdam Agreement and renamed Straduny.


Middle Silesia

Upon the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, the region fell to the Republic of Poland and the German population was expelled.


see also

Potsdam Conference

In addition to the Potsdam Agreement, on 26 July, Churchill, Truman, and Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China (the Soviet Union was not at war with Japan) issued the Potsdam Declaration which outlined the terms of surrender for Japan during World War II in Asia.