The main outcome of the Yalta Conference in 1945 was the agreement among Allied leaders—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin—on the post-war reorganization of Europe. They established plans for Germany's division into zones of occupation and laid the groundwork for the United Nations. Additionally, they reached consensus on the need for free elections in Eastern European countries. However, differing interpretations of these agreements would later fuel tensions in the Cold War. The conference played a critical role in shaping the geopolitical landscape of post-war Europe and solidifying the influence of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.