David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age. Between the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, everything changed. Show more David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 ...

(MENAFN) The 80th anniversary of the Yalta Conference, which established the framework for the post-World War II international order, coincides with a time when that very order is under strain. The ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. Yuen Foong Khong’s Analogies ...

February 4, 1945. With German defeat in sight, Allied leaders convened for a historic summit to discuss what would come next. Establishing the United Nations was a part of the plan; sowing the Cold ...

War’s thunder trailed off into a tinkling minuet. The dust of Sidi Barrani, Stalingrad and Aachen had dissolved; and there, as in a dream, were the clipped green lawns of Sanssouci. There was a second ...

Controversy as to who won what at Yalta, and at whose expense, will undoubtedly rage as long as partisan advantage may be derived therefrom. Whatever the final verdict, Mr. Stettinius, present at ...

Cecil Fleener, who as a member of President Harry Truman’s staff in 1945 attended the Potsdam Conference to negotiate the terms of post-war Germany, has died of old-age conditions and diabetes. He was ...