<P> The Potsdam Conference ( German : Potsdamer Konferenz ) was held at Cecilienhof , the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm , in Potsdam , occupied Germany , from 17 July to 2 August 1945 . ( In some older documents it is also referred to as the Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR , USA and UK . ) Participants were the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom , and the United States . The three powers were represented by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin , Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and , later , Clement Attlee , and President Harry S. Truman . </P>
where did the allied leaders meet in july of 1945 to discuss how germany was to be punished
Potsdam , occupied Germany