| Conference location and date |
Conferees |
Main outcomes |
| Argentia Bay, August 9-12, 1941 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
The signing of the Atlantic Charter. |
| Moscow, September 29-Oct. 1, 1941 |
Stalin, Averell Harriman, advisor to FDR, Lord Beaverbrook,
advisor to Churchill and British Minister for Aircraft Production |
Arrangements for Allied aid to Russia regularised |
| Washington (ARCADIA), December 22, 1941-Jan. 1, 1942 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
Confirmation of "Germany First" grand strategy |
| Washington, June 25-27, 1942 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
Plan to invade North Africa by the end of the year (TORCH) |
| Casablanca (SYMBOL), January 14-24, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt, de Gaulle, Giraud |
Postponement of Second Front in favour of invasion of Sicily
(HUSKY); announcement of 'Unconditional Surrender'; decision to proceed with the Combined Bomber Offensive |
| Washington (TRIDENT), May 12-27, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
Plans set for the invasion of Italy, decision made to
increase operations in the Pacific war, increased air attacks on Germany.decided upon |
| Quebec (QUADRANT), August 17-24, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
D-Day set for May 1, 1944; Southeast Asia command
reorganized for war on Japan; Gilberts and Marshalls set as first objectives in central
Pacific offensive. |
| Moscow, October 18-November. 1, 1943 |
American Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, Soviet Commisar for Foreign Affairs Molotov |
First discussion of issues concerning postwar Europe;
tentative planning for co-operation |
| Cairo (SEXTANT), November 23-26, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek |
Agreement on military operations in China against Japanese;
promise of postwar return of Manchuria to China and of freedom for Korea |
| Teheran (EUREKA), November 28-December 1, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin |
Plans for two-front war against Germany, for later Russian
participation in war against Japan, and for postwar co-operation. |
| 2nd Cairo, December 4-6, 1943 |
Churchill, Roosevelt, Ismet Inonu, Turkish President |
Amphibious assault on Burma (ANAKIM) postponed; Eisenhower
placed in charge of invasion of Europe (OVERLORD) |
| Bretton Woods, July 1-15, 1944 |
Delegates of forty-four nations |
Establishment of International Monetary Fund and Bank |
| Dumbarton Oaks, August 21-29, 1944 |
Stettinius (US State Department), Cadogan (British Foreign
Office), Gromyko (USSR) |
Agreement on establishment of U.N., disagreement on veto in
Security Council |
| Quebec (OCTAGON), Sept. 12-16, 1944 |
Churchill, Roosevelt |
Broad plans for global war; tentative agreement on
Morgenthau Plan for pastoralisation of postwar Germany. |
| Yalta (ARGONAUT), February 4-11, 1945 |
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin |
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 |
Delegates from forty-six nations |
Adoption of the United Nations Charter |
| Potsdam (TERMINAL), July 17-Aug. 2, 1945 |
Truman, Stalin, Churchill (Attlee after British election) |
Potsdam Declaration demanding Japanese surrender; agreement
on principles governing treatment of Germany |