Yalta conference

The Yalta Conference was a meeting held in February 1945 between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. The conference was significant in shaping the post-World War II world order. At Yalta, the three leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, discussed the reorganization of post-war Europe, including the division of Germany and the establishment of the United Nations. The conference also addressed the issue of the Soviet Union's entry into the war against Japan, which ultimately led to the Soviet occupation of Manchuria and the Kuril Islands. The agreements made at Yalta had a lasting impact on the Cold War and the division of Europe, as well as the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union.