Word: sanssouci
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thunder trailed off into a tinkling minuet. The dust of Sidi Barrani, Stalingrad and Aachen had dissolved; and there, as in a dream, were the clipped green lawns of Sanssouci. There was a second palace, a big and ugly one, and a pretty little lake. And there were the Big Three, enjoying a summer evening of music...
...confidence over the forthcoming meeting in the Russian-occupied area near Berlin. The best guess was that it would be held at Germany's "imitation Versailles"-wooded, gardened Potsdam. There Frederick the Great* had plotted strategy to divide his enemies; there he had built his quadrangular Sanssouci. Potsdam's rococo palaces were just what the Russians, British and Americans needed for separate quarters. Whether or not Harry Truman could there present a U.S.-approved world security charter, he had apparently made up his mind on the key points of his Big Three dealings: i) he would...
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