First Washington Conference

E116621

World War II diplomatic conference international summit meeting military strategy conference

The First Washington Conference, also known as the Arcadia Conference, was a high-level World War II meeting in late 1941–early 1942 between U.S. and British leaders that established the Allies’ grand strategy, including the “Germany first” policy.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
First Washington Conference canonical	3
First Washington War Conference	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II diplomatic conference ⓘ international summit meeting ⓘ military strategy conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Washington Conference ⓘ surface form: First Washington War Conference
attendedBy	British Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ U.S. military chiefs of staff ⓘ
chronologyWithin	early Allied wartime conferences ⓘ
countryHostedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discussed	allocation of military resources between European and Pacific theaters ⓘ coordination of naval operations in the Atlantic ⓘ defense of sea lines of communication ⓘ global Allied war strategy ⓘ plans for offensive operations against Germany ⓘ support for the Soviet Union ⓘ war production and materiel priorities ⓘ
endDate	1942-01-14 ⓘ
hasAlias	Arcadia ⓘ Arcadia Conference ⓘ
hostedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
keyLeaderParticipant	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainOutcome	adoption of Germany first strategy ⓘ agreement on unified Allied grand strategy ⓘ closer Anglo-American military coordination ⓘ creation of Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
participants	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
policyAdopted	Germany first policy ⓘ priority to defeat Nazi Germany before Japan ⓘ
precededBy	U.S. entry into World War II after Pearl Harbor ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied grand strategy in World War II ⓘ U.S.-British military alliance ⓘ
resultedIn	establishment of Combined Chiefs of Staff organization in Washington ⓘ formalization of U.S.-British military cooperation ⓘ
significance	cemented Anglo-American strategic partnership ⓘ first major wartime strategy conference between Roosevelt and Churchill after U.S. entered WWII ⓘ foundation for subsequent Allied conferences ⓘ
startDate	1941-12-22 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1942 ⓘ late 1941 ⓘ
tookPlaceAt	Washington wartime government offices ⓘ White House ⓘ
warContext	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arcadia Conference → alsoKnownAs → First Washington Conference ⓘ

First Washington Conference → alsoKnownAs → First Washington Conference ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Washington War Conference

Second Washington Conference → follows → First Washington Conference ⓘ

Allied conferences of World War II → hasPart → First Washington Conference ⓘ