Conferences of WWII

Argentia Bay, Aug. 9-12, 1941. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main result: Atlantic Charter.

Moscow, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1941 Conferees: Stalin, Harriman, Beaverbrook. Main result: Allied aid to Russia systematized.

Washington (Arcadia), Dec. 22, 1941-Jan. 1, 1942. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main result: Confirmation of "Hitler first" wartime strategy.

Washington, June 25-27, 1942. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main result: Plan to attack Axis first in North Africa, and after that in Continental Europe.

Casablanca (Symbol), Jan. 14-24, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main results: Plans for invasion of Sicily and Italy; decision to invade France in 1944; demand for "unconditional surrender" of Axis.

Washington (Trident), May 12-27, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main result: Plans set for invasion of Italy, stepped-up Pacific war, increased air attacks on Germany.

Quebec (Quadrant), Aug. 17-24, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main results: D-Day eet for May 1, 1944; Southeast Asia command reorganized for war on Japan; Gilberts and Marshalls set as first objectives in central Pacific offensive.

Moscow, Oct. 18-Nov. 1, 1943. Conferees: Foreign ministers Hull, Eden, Molotov. Main result: Tentative plans for cooperation in postwar Europe.

Cairo (Sextant), Nov. 23-26, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek: Main results: Agreement on military operations in China against Japanese; promise of postwar return of Manchuria to China and of freedom for Korea.

Teheran (Eureka), Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. Main result: Plans for two-front war against &ermany, for later Russian participation in war against Japan, and for postwar cooperation.

2nd Cairo, Dec. 4-6, 1943. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt, Ismet Inonu. Main results: Anakim postponed, Ike command.

Bretton Woods, July 1-15, 1944. Conferees: delegates of fortyfour nations. Main result: Establishment of International Monetary Fund and Bank

Dumbarton Oaks, Aug. 21-29, 1944. Conferees: Stettinius, Cadogan, Gromyko. Slain result: Agreement on establishment of U.N., disagreement on veto in Security Council.

Quebec (Octagon), Sept. 12-16, 1944. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt. Main results: Broad plans for global war; tentative agreement on Morgenthau Plan for po6twar Germany.

Yalta (Argonaut), Feb. 4-11, 19~5. Conferees: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. Main results: Plans for dealing with defeat of Germany; policy for postwar Europe; agreement on forming a United Nations organization; agreement on conditions under which Russia would enter war against Japan.

San Francisco, April 25-June 26, 1945. Conferees: Delegates from forty-six nations. Main result: Adoption of the United Nations Charter.

Potsdam (Terminal), July 17-Aug. 2, 1945. Conferees: Truman, Stalin, Churchill (Attlee after British election). Main results: Potsdam Declaration demanding Japanese surrender; agreement on principles governing treatment of Germany.


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