The Yalta Conference, held in February 1945, concluded with agreements on the post-war reorganization of Europe. Leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed the division of Germany, the establishment of the United Nations, and the fate of Eastern European countries. They agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan three months after Germany's defeat, and they emphasized the need for democratic elections in liberated nations. The conference set the stage for geopolitical tensions that would shape the Cold War.