The Yalta Conference; sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference; held February 4-11; 1945; was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States; the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union; represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin; respectively; for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea.

The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Within a few years; with the Cold War dividing the continent; Yalta became a subject of intense controversy. To some extent; it has remained controversial.

Also present are Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (far left); Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham; RN; Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal; RAF; (standing behind Churchill); General George C. Marshall; Chief of Staff of the United States Army; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy; USN; (standing behind Roosevelt). Pictures From History