Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Malta in the Mediterranean in February 1945, to prepare to meet Josef Stalin in the second Big Three conference on Soviet territory—Yalta.
\nIt was a meeting that shaped the world for decades.
\nMap 1: Malta to Yalta\n\n\nMap 2: The Western Front, 1 February 1945\n\n
\nMap 3: The Pacific Theatre, 1 February 1945\n\nMap 4: Poland’s shift west, 1945\n\nPhotos\n
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Left: Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. Right: Roosevelt and Churchill at Malta, 2 February 1945.
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Averell Harriman and daughter Kathleen
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The Vorontsov Palace, quarters for the British delegation
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The Livadia Palace, quarters for the American delegation
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The Yusupov Palace, housing the Soviet delegation
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