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1945
    Soviet Union/United States    
Joseph Stalin, Winston Chuchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at the Yalta Conference. The main issue discussed is the future of post-war Europe. The three powers come to an agreement that an interim government will rule in the Eastern European nations. This will be followed by free elections in the nations.

Text of the agreement reached at the Yalta Conference.



    Czechoslovakia    
Prague and most of the rest of Czechoslovakia is taken over from the Germans by the Soviets.



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