Yalta

• Yalta Conference


  Conference held in February 1945 to decide the fate of post-war Europe
• Leaders


  Stalin (USSR), Roosevelt (USA), and Churchill (Britain)
• Aims


  Peace in Europe and a Germany that would not threaten peace
• Agreements


  Stalin joining the war against Japan after Germany's defeat
• Agreements


  All three leaders joining the United Nations for future international cooperation
• Agreements


  Germany being divided into four zones of occupation (Britain, France, USA, USSR)
• Agreements


  Berlin being divided into four zones, similar to Germany
• Agreements


  Stalin having a 'sphere of influence' in Eastern Europe as a buffer to invasion
• Agreements


  Liberated countries in Western and Central Europe holding free elections
• Agreements


  Signing the Declaration of Liberated Europe to formalize the agreed points
• Disagreements


  Dispute over who should hold power in Poland
• Disagreements


  Stalin wanting a communist government in Poland, while Roosevelt and Churchill wanted the old Polish government
• Agreements


  USSR taking land from Poland and Poland taking land from Germany