Which February 1945 conference brought Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin together in Crimea?

The Yalta Conference brought Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin together in Crimea in February 1945.

Held from February 4 to 11 at Livadia Palace near Yalta, the meeting was the second major wartime conference of the Allied “Big Three.” Franklin D. Roosevelt represented the United States, Winston Churchill represented Britain, and Joseph Stalin represented the Soviet Union. Their central concern was how to organize Europe after Germany’s expected defeat.

The leaders discussed the occupation and division of Germany, the future of Poland and Eastern Europe, the creation of the United Nations, and Soviet entry into the war against Japan. They also issued plans for liberated European countries to form representative governments, although the Soviet Union’s subsequent control of much of Eastern Europe made those promises deeply controversial.

Yalta is often confused with the Tehran Conference, held in 1943, and the Potsdam Conference, held later in 1945. The Casablanca Conference took place in 1943 and involved Roosevelt and Churchill, but not Stalin. Yalta’s location was chosen partly because Stalin was reluctant to make a long journey by air.