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The first English-language podcast on the Eastern Front of World War 2 looks at the decisions that shaped the world order.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jimmy, do you realize we have been here seventeen whole days? Why in seventeen days you can decide anything!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014President Harry S Truman to U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes at Potsdam, 2 August 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July and August, the leaders and delegations from the \u201cBig Three\u201d victors of the Second World War reshape the borders of Europe and set up a new world order.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Maps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Map 1: German territorial losses after World War 2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map 2: Polish territorial changes and losses after Word War 2<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map 3: Allied occupation of Germany<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map 4: Allied occupation of Austria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map 5: Hungarian territorial losses, 1945<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map 6: Transfer of northern Bukovina and Bessarabia to USSR, 1945<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Historical photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

US Secretary of State James Byrnes and President Harry Truman on board the USS Augusta en route to Potsdam Conference, July 1945.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polish Air Force pilots in RAF, UK, 1940<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Prime Minister of Polish Government-in-Exile<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombs (replicas_. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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