Lisa Farmer, age 15, of Dotham, Ala., for her question:

WHAT WAS THE YALTA CONFERENCE?

A meeting held on Feb. 4, 1945, between the "Big Three" leaders of the Allied nations. It came to be known as the Yalta Conference because it was held at an estate called Livadia near Yalta, a famous Black Sea resort in the Crimea.

Attending the meeting were President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain and Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia.

On Feb. 11, the three leaders issued a statement. They agreed on plans to occupy Germany, set up a new Polish government and hold the San Francisco Conference to form the United Nations.

Later reports revealed that Stalin had promised that Russia would declare war on Japan within three months after German's surrender. Russia didn't live up to all of the conditions which had been agreed upon, and, unfortunately, this set the stage for the Korean War.