The 'Big Three' At Yalta

Group portrait of Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference held at the Livadia Palace, Livadiya (near Yalta), Soviet Union (later Ukraine), February 1945. Seated are, from left, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) (seated left) and Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin (1878 - 1953). Among those behind them are British Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham (1883 - 1963) (directly above Churchill's right sleeve), British Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal (1893 - 1971) (in profile, behind Churchill), and American Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (1875 - 1959) (behind Roosevelt, with shoulder braids). (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)