Yalta

War is one of the most tragic things in our world today. With World War II

ending and Russia becoming a major world power there had to be something done to

prevent a future war. Franklin Roosevelt and Churchill met with Stalin for a peace

agreement know as the Yalta conference. To understand the Yalta conference better you

need to look at World War II, the Yalta conference and the result of the Yalta

Conference.

On the morning of September 1st 1939, the world was forever changed as

Germany invaded Poland and executed its first "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning attack",

quickly crushing Polish resistance. Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression pact

days before the attack on Poland. Seeing that Germany was dominating with barely any

interference, Stalin knew that he needed an ally to survive. He turned to Britain for help

but was denied so he then turned to Germany. Germany agreed and they signed a

non-aggression pact. With the agreem...