How did Soviet goals at the Potsdam Conference compare with those of Western nations?

The Soviet Union wanted substantial reparations from Germany and supported measures to keep it weak after the war. The Western nations also favored disarming and reforming Germany, but they opposed punishing it so harshly that it could not recover economically. Thus, the best choice is “Stalin wanted to punish Germany, while Western nations did not.”

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