Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin and their principal advisors - Potsdam Conference 1945

from japanese page; Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

The "Big Three" pose with their principal advisors, at Potsdam, Germany, circa 28 July -- 1 August 1945.

The three heads of government are (seated, left to right):

• British Prime Minister Clement Attlee;
• U.S. President Harry S. Truman;
• Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.

Standing behind them are (left to right):

• Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, Truman's Chief of Staff;
• British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin;
• U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes;
• Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.