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February 4-11, 1945

Yalta, Crimea

The Yalta Conference, February 1945 NAM234

The Yalta Conference, February 1945 NAM234 — Yalta, Crimea

The Yalta Conference, February 1945 The 'Big Three', Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin, sit for a group photograph outside the Livadia Palace during the Yalta Conference. Behind them, left to right, are: an unidentified man; Lord Leathers, the British Minister of War Transpo

Photograph by War Office official photographer

Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. The three states were represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin. The conference was held near Yalta in Crimea, Soviet Union, within the Livadia, Yusupov, and Vorontsov palaces.

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