<scp>Y</scp>alta Conference (1945)
Journal: The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy
Year: 2018

The Yalta Conference between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, took place in the Crimea between February 4 and 11, 1945, during the final year of the Second World War. It is often seen as producing the postwar division of Europe, because of Western concessions to Stalin. In fact each leader bargained hard, and each achieved some of his goals. Eastern Europe was not discussed much at the conference, with the exception of Poland. Stalin did sign the Declaration on Libera