The key thing here that i want to return to throughout this presentation is shown by this photograph here of Winston Churchill, harry truman, and Joseph Stalin smiling and shaking hands. And the point that i really want to reiterate here is that these three men and most of the advisors around them did not believe that what they were doing at potsdam was laying the seeds of a cold war. We know from the scholarship of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond, a lot of historians read potsdam backwards. That is to say they read it as a part start of the cold war. But these three men and their staff came to potsdam not to begin a cold war amongst themselves, but celebrate, really, the end of the war with germany, figure out what the post world war was going to look like, and plan for the final victory over japan in the pacific theater. This photograph very much reflects the spirit of potsdam, which i will talk a little bit more about in a bit, which was happy, which was victorious, which was joyful, wh
I am glad to have a chance to talk to you about it. I was it was in person in kansas city. I wish that we were able to do this facetoface, but we will do the very best that we can. The key thing here that i want to return to throughout this presentation is shown by this photograph here of Winston Churchill, harry truman, and Joseph Stalin smiling and shaking hands. And the point that i really want to reiterate here is that these three men and most of the advisors around them did not believe that what they were doing at potsdam was laying the seeds of a cold war. We know from the scholarship of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond, a lot of historians read potsdam backwards. That is to say they read it as a start of the cold war. But these three men and their staff came to potsdam not to begin a cold war amongst themselves, but celebrate, really, the end of the war with germany, figure out what the post world war was going to look like, and plan for the final victory over japan in the pacific th
We are standing in the road to berlin, permanent gallery exhibits which open and december 2014, after several years of development. Our mission here at the National World War Ii Museum is telling the American Experience in world war ii. How it was fought and won and what it means today. The building we are in tells what i call, the war part of the story. How it was one. Here we are in the first gallery of the road to berlin and behind me you will see the large portraits of political leaders of the allying powers that line up if you will, of the two sides that well engage in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe that they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum, so with the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to five major Strategic Elements with the United States and our allies which ones must master in order to win world war ii. These five key Strategic E
Director of research and history here at the National National World War Ii Museum. We are standing in the road to berlin permanent gallery exhibits that opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience in world war ii how it was fought, where it was won, and what it means today. The building we are in tells what i call the war part of the story, how it was won. Here we are in the first gallery. Behind me, you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, the lineup, if you will, of the two sides engaged in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum. With the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements that the United States and our allies must master in order t
Was won, and what it means today. The building we are in tells what i call the war part of the story, how it was won. Here we are in the first gallery. Behind me, you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, a lineup of the two sides engaged in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum. With the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements that the United States and our allies must master in order to win world war ii. These five key Strategic Elements include arsenal of democracy, building a greater war machine than our enemies, technology its not enough just to out produce our enemies, we have to make better equipment and weapons. Control of the sea lanes, control of the air. And then the last strategic element, mastery of amphibious landings,