List of Allied Conferences during World War II

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This list briefly cites important facts from conferences of the Allies (the anti-Hitler coalition; in particular the Soviet Union , Great Britain and later the USA ) that took place during the Second World War to combat the German Reich and its allies (the Axis Powers ) (see the period, the group of participants and the results or topics discussed). The list is not complete.


Surname code place Period Most important participants Results and topics discussed
US – British Staff Conference ABC-1 Washington, DC January 29 to March 29, 1941 British and US staff officers Definition of a common strategy, especially Germany first (see also Plan-Dog-Memorandum )
Atlantic Conference Placentia Bay , Newfoundland ( HMS Prince of Wales ) August 9-12, 1941 Churchill , Roosevelt Definition of the common principles of their international policy in the Atlantic Charter
First Moscow Conference Moscow September 29 to October 1, 1941 Stalin , US Envoy Harriman , UK Envoy Beaverbrook Moscow Protocol of October 2, 1941
First Washington Conference ARCADIA Washington, DC December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942 Churchill, Roosevelt Determination of the main theater of war: Germany first
Second Washington Conference Washington, DC June 19-25, 1942 Churchill, Roosevelt
Second Moscow Conference Moscow August 12-17, 1942 Churchill, Stalin, Harriman
Casablanca Conference SYMBOL Casablanca January 14-24, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS)
Third Washington Conference TRIDENT Washington, DC May 12-27, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt
First Québec Conference QUADRANT Quebec August 14-24, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, William Lyon Mackenzie King UA Québec Agreement (British participation in the Manhattan Project )
Third Moscow Conference Moscow October 19 to November 1, 1943 Foreign Ministers Hull , Eden and Molotov Moscow Declaration
First Cairo Conference SEXTANT Cairo November 22-26, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek Cairo Declaration
Tehran Conference EUREKA Tehran November 28 to December 1, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin Soviet-Polish border on Curzon line set
Second Cairo Conference Cairo December 4-6, 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, İsmet İnönü
Bretton Woods Conference Bretton Woods July 1st to 22nd, 1944 Representatives from 44 states Bretton Woods System , IBRD , IMF
Dumbarton Oaks Conference Dumbarton Oaks August 21 to October 7, 1944 Representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the Republic of China First draft of the United Nations Charter
Second Québec Conference OCTAGON Quebec September 12-16, 1944 Churchill, Roosevelt, William Lyon Mackenzie King , CCS Allied occupation zones established in defeated Germany, Morgenthau Plan
Fourth Moscow Conference TOLSTOY Moscow October 9-20, 1944 Churchill, Stalin, Eden, Molotov, US Ambassador Harriman Discussion about the future of Poland and the countries of East Central and Southeast Europe
Malta Conference ARGONAUT, CRICKET Malta January 30 to February 2, 1945 Churchill, Roosevelt, Eden, Stettinius , CCS
Yalta Conference ARGONAUT, MAGNETO Yalta February 4-11, 1945 Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin Division of Germany, the distribution of power in Europe after the end of the war and the war against the Japanese Empire
San Francisco Conference San Francisco April 25 to June 26, 1945 Representatives from 50 states Signing of the United Nations Charter on June 26, 1945 by the participating states
conference of Potsdam TERMINAL Potsdam July 17 to August 2, 1945 Churchill (from July 28th Attlee ), Truman , Stalin, Eden (from July 28th Bevin ), Byrnes , Molotow Potsdam Declaration , Potsdam Agreement