Yalta Conference

Yalta Conference
Crimean Conference
The "Big Three" at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. Behind them stand, from the left, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Fleet Admiral Ernest King, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, General of the Army George Marshall, Major General Laurence S. Kuter, General Aleksei Antonov, Vice Admiral Stepan Kucherov, and Admiral of the Fleet Nikolay Kuznetsov.
Host country Soviet Union
Date4–11 February 1945
Venue(s)Livadia Palace
CitiesYalta, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
ParticipantsSoviet Union Joseph Stalin
United Kingdom Winston Churchill
United States Franklin D. Roosevelt
FollowsTehran Conference
PrecedesPotsdam Conference

The Yalta Conference (sometimes called the Crimea Conference) was held from 4 to 11 February 1945, a few months before the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Winston Churchill), the President of the United States (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Premier of the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) met in Crimea and talked about what to do with Germany. The Yalta Conference was important in European history.

Agreements

The allies agreed at Yalta :

  • Germany would be completely disarmed.
  • A new world organisation would be set up, the United Nations.
  • Stalin would join the war against Japan three months after the defeat of Germany.
  • Germany would be split up into four different pieces (occupation zones), one occupied by France, the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom.
  • Berlin would also be split up into four different areas
  • Germans who committed war crimes would be judged and sentenced.
  • A Soviet-dominated government would be set up in Poland
  • Free elections would be held in countries free from German rule.
  • Planning would start on war reparations by Germany and how much money it would owe the other countries.

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