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The most important meetings of the Second World War were held between the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America. The most important gatherings of the rulers of these countries were at Casablanca, in 1943, at Yalta, in 1945, and at Potsdam, in 1945.

During these meetings, Winston Churchill, representing the UK, Iosif Stalin, representing the USSR, Franklin Roosevelt and later Harry Truman, representing the US, decided the fate of the post war world. The discussions and the agreements of these conferences, as well as the pacts between the countries shaped the world in the second half of the 20th century. Also, the three leaders decided what was the price every Axis countries and their satellites had to pay for war damages.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, the UK and the USSR joined power with the US in order to defeat Hitler and fascist Germany, as well as Japan. The leaders of these three countries took action, although they also planned for the future of the world, in the conferences of the Second World War.
Casablanca was the first of the conferences, in 1943. Stalin, however, did not attend this meeting. It was at this meeting that the term unconditional surrender first came about. The leaders agreed that the Axis could only surrender in an unconditional form.
Iosif Stalin first met Churchill and Roosevelt in Teheran, November and December 1943. At this conference, it was agreed that the UK and the US would invade Germany. Also, it was decided that the USSR would help in the invasion of Japan. Post war Polish frontiers were also discussed at this time.
German forces were declining by the time the Quebec meeting of August 1944 was held. Here, the leaders stress again plan for defeating Japan. They also made plans about a free French Government and for dividing Germany into four parts.
Yalta and 1945 brought the plans for the finalization of the occupation of Germany and its division into four parts. These were going to be controlled by Great Britain, United States, The Soviet Union, and France. The three agreed upon a provisional government for Poland.
A few months after the Yalta conference, Franklin Roosevelt died. Harry Truman, the vicepresident, assumed the presidency of the United States. Truman, Stalin, Churchill decided Germany's fate at the Potsdam conference in August 1945 and issued ultimatum to Japan.