Yalta Conference: Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin Create a New World Order

"The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. The conference, held in the Livadia Palace in Yalta in Crimea, decided the fate of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan after the expected and imminent Allied victory in the Second World War (1939-45)."

"The three statesmen were both relieved & delighted to welcome victory in the greatest challenge their countries had ever faced. The three Allied leaders - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin - considered themselves the legitimate decision-makers for the fate of other nations largely because of the size of the armies they commanded and their successes on the battlefield, at sea, and in the air."

The Yalta Conference (4–11 February 1945) brought the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union together at Livadia Palace in Crimea to determine postwar arrangements for Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Deliberations aimed to shape occupation, political settlements, and territorial adjustments as Allied victory became imminent. Decisions at Yalta redrew the political map of Europe and Northeast Asia, though not all agreements were fully enforced. Western powers believed that Stalin later violated promises on free elections in places such as Poland, and that perception significantly affected US–Soviet relations as the Cold War emerged.

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