USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE YALTA CONFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Truman keep secret from Stalin at Potsdam?
A
The invention of the atomic bomb
B
The Truman Doctrine
C
The Marshall Plan
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 25, 1945, President Harry S. Truman hints to Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin that the United States has successfully developed a new weapon. In his diary, Truman privately referred to the new weapon, the atomic bomb, as the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -While in Potsdam, Truman told Stalin about the United States’ “new weapon” (the atomic bomb) that it intended to use against Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman-met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.

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