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The Anglo-Soviet Agreement was signed in July 1941 and formed an alliance between the two countries. [3] United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discussed what would become the Atlantic Charter in August 1941 during the Atlantic Conference in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. [4]
Atlantic Charter; proposal for a Soviet aid conference. Second Inter-Allied Conference: London United Kingdom: September 24, 1941 Eden, Maisky, Cassin, and 8 Allied governments in exile: Adherence of all the Allies to the Atlantic Charter principles. [2] [3] First Moscow Conference (CAVIAR) Moscow Soviet Union: September 29 – October 1, 1941
The US-British Staff Conference Report of 1941 established the general military principles, resources, and deployment strategies for a joint Allied military strategy. The United States based its proposals off of Harold R. Stark 's Plan Dog memorandum advocating a quick defeat of Nazi Germany, which laid the groundwork for the " Europe first ...
King was promoted to admiral and became the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANT). [83] Formerly a heavy drinker, he gave up hard liquor for the duration of the war in March 1941. [84] Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on the quarterdeck of HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference, 10 August 1941.
Despite a "desultory" first effort, the U.S. State Department's postwar planning had been in abeyance for most of 1940 and 1941. [10] Following the Atlantic Conference, a directive on postwar planning was prepared by the State Department by mid-October, which was delivered to the President in late December. [11]
The Declaration of St James's Palace, or London Declaration, [1] was the first joint statement of goals and principles by the Allied Powers during World War II. [2] The declaration was issued after the first Inter-Allied Conference at St James's Palace in London on 12 June 1941.
The Arcadia Conference was a secret agreement unlike the much wider postwar plans given to the public as the Atlantic Charter, agreed between Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941. From the start, significant differences in strategic priorities appeared.
To emphasize Portuguese sovereignty over the territory the President of Portugal, General Carmona, made a high-profile visit to the Azores in July and August 1941 and his message was "Aqui é Portugal" (Portugal is here). [a] However, in August 1941, during the Atlantic Conference, President Roosevelt revived the plans to seize the Azores.