One of the conclusions of the Yalta Conference was that the western Allies would return all Soviet citizens who found themselves in their zones to the Soviet Union . This immediately affected the liberated Soviet prisoners of war , but also extended to all Soviet citizens , irrespective of their wishes . In exchange , the Soviet government agreed to hand over several thousand western Allied prisoners of war whom they had liberated from German prisoner of war camps
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
Operation Keelhaul