What was a significant outcome of the Yalta Conference?

The significant outcome of the Yalta Conference was the creation of clear spheres of influence in Europe. During the conference in February 1945, leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed the post-war reorganization of Europe, primarily the division of territories and the influence each of their nations would have in different regions.

One of the key agreements was the understanding that the Soviet Union would have significant control over Eastern Europe, while the Western Allies would have their own spheres of influence, particularly in Western Europe. This division laid the groundwork for the geopolitical landscape of the Cold War, solidifying the ideological divide between capitalism and communism that would dominate international relations for decades.

The other choices reflect outcomes that were either established elsewhere or not a direct result of the discussions at Yalta. The establishment of the United Nations, for example, was heavily influenced by discussions among Allied powers, but the formal organization was officially established later in 1945, after the conference. The European Economic Community emerged in 1957 as part of a different context of European integration. The cancellation of WWII reparations was not a focus of the Yalta agreements, as reparations remained a contentious issue involving various countries in Europe and were addressed in different post-war