Atlantic Conference

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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.


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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

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