Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference was a February 1945 meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to coordinate Allied strategy and postwar arrangements.

Occupation of Germany: The Allied administration of Germany after its defeat in 1945, divided into occupation zones. Yalta confirmed the division of defeated Germany into occupation zones and addressed reparations.
Declaration on Liberated Europe: A Yalta declaration promising assistance in forming broadly representative governments and holding free elections in liberated Europe. It stated the political principles that Allied leaders claimed would guide postwar settlements.
Tehran Conference: A 1943 meeting in Tehran where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin coordinated strategy against Nazi Germany. It was the leaders’ previous summit and left major European settlement questions for later discussion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The 32nd president of the United States, who led the country from 1933 until his death in 1945. Roosevelt sought Soviet cooperation against Japan and support for the United Nations.
United Nations: An international organization established in 1945 to maintain peace and promote cooperation among states. The leaders agreed on arrangements for the founding conference and Security Council voting.
Curzon Line: A proposed boundary between Poland and Soviet Russia, first advanced by the Allies after World War I. Yalta accepted it as the basis for Poland’s eastern boundary, with adjustments in Poland’s favor.
Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of German-occupied France launched on June 6, 1944. Its success altered the balance of military power and accelerated planning for Germany’s defeat.
Winston Churchill: British prime minister during most of World War II and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill pressed for political pluralism in Eastern Europe while Britain’s military influence waned.
Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe: Soviet military and political control over much of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The conference's declarations on liberated Europe collided with Soviet control on the ground.
Oder–Neisse line: The postwar boundary between Poland and Germany, following the Oder and Neisse rivers. Yalta deferred Poland’s western frontier to a later peace settlement, leaving the boundary unresolved.

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