Yalta Conference (feb 4, 1945 – feb 11, 1945)

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The Yalta conference was when the leaders of the three allied nations during WWII- US President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin- met up in the city of Yalta in 1945. They agreed to 1) divide Germany into occupation zones 2) democratic elections in free countries of East Europe 3) Soviets would declare war on Japan (they did on August 8, 1945, before they surrendered) 4) a new world peace organization would be established, now known as United Nations. This conference led to tension between the United States and the Soviet Union because the Soviets did not allow for democratic elections in conquered Eastern Europe (specifically Poland), which goes against the Conference agreements. Also, the communist Soviets occupying Easter and Central Europe created a division from these territories to Western Europe, as explained in the speech of “Iron Curtain'' by Winston Churchill, which foreshadowed the termination of the cooperation of the Soviet Union and Western allies. This shows that the US was very involved in foreign affairs as they were leading the world in post-war affairs, as shown by the lack of isolationism before.

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