Discussion
From July 17 to August 2, 1945, leaders from the Allied nations met at the Potsdam Conference to decide the sanctions to be put in place against the recently defeated Nazi Germany. During the conference, the decision was made that certain industries in Germany would be
Answer: C
Certain industries were to be disabled in order to destroy potential for war.
At Potsdam, Truman, Stalin and Churchill (replaced by Attlee during the conference) agreed on the principles of demilitarisation, denazification, democratisation and decentralisation for occupied Germany. Industry that could be used for war production was to be eliminated or strictly controlled, and plant and equipment could be removed as reparations.
The conference did not aim to restore German industry, so 'revitalized' is the opposite of the decision. Germany as a whole was placed under the four occupying powers, but the decision about industry was to dismantle its war potential, and nothing was said about pre-World War I levels.
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