Atlantic Conference

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World War II diplomatic event diplomatic conference

The Atlantic Conference was the secret 1941 World War II meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland, where they outlined the principles later known as the Atlantic Charter.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II diplomatic event → diplomatic conference →
alsoKnownAs	Atlantic Meeting →
characteristic	high-level summit → secret meeting →
countryInvolved	United Kingdom → United States →
during	World War II →
endDate	1941-08-12 →
followedBy	formal declaration of war by the United States on Axis powers →
follows	Battle of the Atlantic escalation → Fall of France → German invasion of the Soviet Union →
hasDocument	Atlantic Charter text →
hasPart	Atlantic Charter drafting discussions →
hasParticipant	British military advisers → Franklin D. Roosevelt → U.S. military advisers → Winston Churchill →
heldOn	1941-08-09 → 1941-08-10 → 1941-08-11 → 1941-08-12 →
language	English →
location	Placentia Bay → near Argentia, Newfoundland → off the coast of Newfoundland →
mediaCoverage	newsreels and press photographs released after the meeting →
precededBy	U.S. Neutrality Acts era diplomacy →
region	North Atlantic Ocean →
result	Atlantic Charter →
significance	defined Anglo-American war aims → laid groundwork for Allied cooperation → precursor to the United Nations principles → strengthened U.S.–UK alliance →
startDate	1941-08-09 →
tookPlaceOnVessel	HMS Prince of Wales → USS Augusta →
topic	Lend-Lease policy → U.S. support to Britain → collective security → disarmament of aggressor nations → economic cooperation → freedom of the seas → postwar international order → self-determination of peoples → war aims →
year	1941 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlantic Charter →	meetingAssociatedWith
Arcadia Conference →	precededBy