Which leaders attended the Yalta Conference in 1945 to shape the postwar world?

• A. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin
• B. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Winston Churchill
• C. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Charles de Gaulle
• D. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini

Answer: (A)

The question asks you to identify who actually met at the Yalta Conference and why that meeting was about shaping what comes after the war. At Yalta in February 1945, the three wartime powers—the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union—were represented by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They gathered to decide on the postwar order in Europe, including how Germany would be occupied and divided, the future boundaries and governments of Eastern Europe (notably Poland), and the plan for a new international body—the United Nations—to maintain peace after the war. Because these three leaders were the ones present, this option correctly reflects who attended. The other names don’t fit: Truman, who would take over the U.S. presidency later in 1945, attended the Potsdam Conference instead; Charles de Gaulle wasn’t part of the Yalta leadership group; and Benito Mussolini had been ousted and killed earlier that year.