End of the Yalta Conference

The Conference in Yalta was organized by the ‘Big Three’ between February 4 and 11 February 1945. It was one of the three crucial conferences held by Allied countries during the Second World War. The conference which took place in Crimea was to discuss the final defeat and occupation of Germany as well as how to deal with other problems appearing at the end of the Second World War. President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill and Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin confirmed the previous statement about dividing Germany into four occupied zones. They were to be administrated by U.S., French, Soviets and British. Besides, there was an agreement on establishing the United Nations in San Francisco on 25 April 1945. In addition, the ‘Big Three’ decided on moving the boarders of Poland more to the west, reaching the Curzon Line and restoring the eastern parts of Polish state to the Soviet Union. Also the political status of Poland was discussed. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin wrote down the statement about reorganization of the current communist government that had been settled by Soviet Union to become based ‘on a broader democratic bases’. Stalin promised to organize free elections in Poland just after the war was to finish but shortly after it appeared he did not keep his promises.

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