11 February 1945 A.D. 8-Day Yalta Conference Ended—Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin Discuss Post-War Europe & Soviet Engagement Against Japan
11 February 1945 A.D. 8-Day Yalta Conference Ended—Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin Discuss Post-War Europe & Soviet Engagement Against Japan http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1862 - Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles directs the formation of an organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development that eventually leads to National Academy of Science. 1943 - USS Fletcher (DD 445) and Scouting Observation Plane (VCS 9) from light cruiser Helena (CL 50) sink Japanese submarine I-18 in the Coral Sea. 1944 - USS Gudgeon (SS 211) sinks Japanese freighter Satsuma Maru that was previously damaged by Chinese B-25s off Wenchow, China. 1945 - The Yalta Conference ends after an 8-day session where President Franklin D. Roosevelt, along with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, discuss Europe’s post-war reorganization and the reestablishment of a war-torn Europe, and for the Soviets to enter the war against...