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February 04, 1945


Yalta Conference

February 4–11, 1945: Winston S. Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar order in Europe. They agree on the complete denazification of Germany and the division of the country into zones of occupation. The Soviet Union affirms that it will join the war against Japan.

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