Immediately after the Yalta conference concluded, criticism of FDR’s supposed acquiescence in negotiations made "Yalta" a representation of impotence in the face of the enemy.

Yalta, Feb. 12, This Polish Provisional Government of National Unity shall be pledged to the holding of free and unfettered elections as soon as possible on the basis of universal suffrage and ...

If the 1945 Yalta conference resolved any conflict, it was that of the 1904 war between Russia and Japan—and it that did poorly. Photo: Matthew Stevenson.

The release of these documents coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Yalta Conference, which took place from February 4 to 11, 1945, in Crimea, where the post-war world order was shaped and ...