Quelltext der Seite List of Allied World War II conferences

Dies ist eine Liste der Konferenzen der Alliierten im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Namen in Fettdruck bezeichnen die drei Konferenzen, an denen die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Vereinigten Staaten, des Vereinigten Königreichs und der Sowjetunion teilnahmen. Zum historischen Kontext siehe Diplomatische Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Siehe auch den Anglo-Französischen Obersten Kriegsrat, der von September 1939 bis Juni 1940 tätig war.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name<br />(CODE NAME)
!City
!Country
!Dates
!Major participants:
!Major results
|-
|U.S.-British Staff Conference<br />(ABC-1)|| Washington, D.C.
|{{flag|United States}}
|January 29 &ndash; March&nbsp;27, 1941
|American, British, and Canadian military staff
|Set the basic planning agreement for the U.S. to enter the war.
|-
| First Inter-Allied Conference|| London
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| June 12, 1941
| Representatives of Britain, 4 Dominions, Free France and 8 Allied governments in exile
| Declaration of St James's Palace.
|-
|Atlantic Conference<br />(RIVIERA)|| Argentia
| {{flag|Newfoundland}}
|August 9&ndash;12, 1941
| [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]
|Atlantic Charter; proposal for a Soviet aid conference.
|- id="Second Inter-Allied"
| Second Inter-Allied Conference|| London
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| September 24, 1941
| Eden, Maisky, Cassin, and 8 Allied governments in exile
| Adherence of all the Allies to the Atlantic Charter principles.
|-
|First Moscow Conference<br />(CAVIAR) || Moscow
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|September 29 &ndash; October 1, 1941
|Stalin, [[W. Averell Harriman|Harriman]], Beaverbrook, Molotov
|Allied aid to the Soviet Union.
|-
|First Washington Conference<br />(ARCADIA)|| Washington, D.C.
|{{flag|United States}}
| December 22, 1941 &ndash; {{nowrap|January 14, 1942}}
|Churchill, Roosevelt
|Europe first, Declaration by United Nations.
|-
|Third Inter-Allied Conference|| London
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|January 13, 1942
| Free France and 8 Allied governments in exile: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland (Sikorski), Yugoslavia
| Declaration Punishment for War Crimes, regarding Nazi atrocities against civilians.
|-
|Second Washington Conference<br />(ARGONAUT)||Washington, D.C.
|{{flag|United States}}
|June 20 &ndash; 25, 1942
|Churchill, Roosevelt
|Make first priority opening a second front in North Africa, postpone cross-English Channel invasion.
|- id="Second Claridge"
|Second Claridge Conference|| London
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|July 20 &ndash; 26, 1942
|Churchill, Harry Hopkins
|Substitute Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa, for US reinforcement of the Western Desert campaign.
|-
|Second Moscow Conference<br />(BRACELET)|| Moscow
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|August 12 &ndash; 17, 1942
|Churchill, Stalin, Harriman
|Discuss reasons for Torch instead of cross-Channel invasion, Anglo-Soviet pact on information and technological exchanges.
|- id="Cherchell"
|Cherchell Conference|| Cherchell
|{{flag|French Algeria}}
|October 21 &ndash; 22, 1942
|Clark, Vichy French officers including Mast
| Clandestine conference before Torch, some Vichy French commanders agreed not to resist the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria.
|-
|Casablanca Conference<br />(SYMBOL)|| Casablanca
|{{flagicon image|Merchant flag of French Morocco.svg|link=French Protectorate in Morocco}} French Morocco
|January 14 &ndash; 24, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, de Gaulle, Giraud
|Plan Italian Campaign, plan cross-Channel invasion in 1944, demand "unconditional surrender" by Axis, encourage unity of French authorities in London and Algiers.
|-
|Potenji River Conference|| Natal
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|January 28 &ndash; 29, 1943
|Roosevelt, Vargas
|Creation of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
|-
|Adana Conference|| Yenice
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|January 30 &ndash; 31, 1943
|Churchill, İnönü
|Turkey's participation in the war.
|-
|Bermuda Conference||Hamilton
|{{Flag|Bermuda}}
|April 19 &ndash; 30, 1943
|American and British delegations separately led by [[Harold W. Dodds]] and Richard Law
| Jewish refugees freed by Allied forces and those still in Nazi-occupied Europe discussed. US immigration quotas not raised, UK prohibition on Jews seeking refuge in Mandatory Palestine not lifted.
|-
|Third Washington Conference<br />(TRIDENT)|| Washington, D.C.
|{{flag|United States}}
|May 12 &ndash; 25, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, Marshall
|Plan Italian Campaign, increase air attacks on Germany, increase war in Pacific.
|- id="Algiers-1943"
|Algiers Allied Planning Conference<br />|| Algiers
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|May 29 &ndash; June 4, 1943
|Churchill, Eden, Brooke, Tedder, Cunningham, Alexander, & Montgomery met with Marshall & Eisenhower
|Finalize plan for Italian Campaign, increase air attacks on Germany, fix date for Operation Husky.
|-
|First Quebec Conference<br />(QUADRANT)|| Quebec City
|{{flag|Canada|1921}}
|August 17 &ndash; 24, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
|D-Day set for 1944, reorganization of South East Asia Command, secret Quebec Agreement to limit sharing nuclear energy info.
|-
|Third Moscow Conference|| Moscow
|{{flag| Soviet Union}}
|October 18 &ndash; November 11, 1943
|Foreign ministers [[Cordell Hull|Hull]], Eden, Molotov, Fu; and Stalin
|Moscow Declaration.
|-
|Cairo Conference<br />(SEXTANT)|| Cairo
|{{flag|Kingdom of Egypt}}
|November 23 &ndash; 26, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang
|Cairo Declaration for postwar Asia.
|-
|'''Tehran Conference'''<br />(EUREKA)|| Tehran
|{{flag|Persia|1933}}
|November 28 &ndash; December 1, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
|First meeting of the Big 3, plan the final strategy for the war against Nazi Germany and its allies, set date for Operation Overlord.
|-
|Second Cairo Conference<br />|| Cairo
|{{flag|Kingdom of Egypt}}
|December 4 &ndash; 6, 1943
|Churchill, Roosevelt, İnönü
|Agreement to complete Allied air bases in Turkey, postpone Operation Anakim against Japan in Burma.
|-
|British Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference|| London
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|May 1–16, 1944
|Churchill, Curtin, Fraser, King, and Smuts
| British Commonwealth leaders support Moscow Declaration and reach agreement regarding their respective roles in the overall Allied war effort.
|-
|[[Bretton Woods Conference]]|| Bretton Woods
|{{flag|United States}}
|July 1 &ndash; 15, 1944
|Representatives of 44 nations
|Establishes [[International Monetary Fund]] and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
|-
|Dumbarton Oaks Conference|| Washington, D.C.
|{{flag|United States}}
|August 21 &ndash; 29, 1944
|Cadogan, Gromyko, Stettinius, and Koo
|Agreement to establish the [[United Nations]].
|-
|Second Quebec Conference<br />(OCTAGON)|| Quebec City
|{{flag|Canada|1921}}
|September 12 &ndash; 16, 1944
|Churchill, Roosevelt
|Morgenthau Plan for postwar Germany, other war plans, Hyde Park Agreement.
|-
|Fourth Moscow Conference<br />(TOLSTOY)|| Moscow
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|October 9 – 18, 1944
|Churchill, Stalin, Molotov, Eden
|Establishing post-war spheres of influence in Eastern Europe and Balkan peninsula.
|-
|Malta Conference<br />(ARGONAUT and CRICKET) ||Floriana
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Malta (1943–1964).svg|link=Crown Colony of Malta}} Crown Colony of Malta
|January 30 &ndash; February 2, 1945
|Churchill, Roosevelt
|Preparation for Yalta.
|-
|'''Yalta Conference'''<br />(ARGONAUT and MAGNETO)|| Yalta
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|February 4 &ndash; 11, 1945
|Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
|Final plans for defeat of Germany, postwar Europe plans, set date for United Nations Conference, conditions for the Soviet Union's entry in war against Japan.
|-
|[[United Nations Conference on International Organization]]|| San Francisco
|{{flag|United States}}
|April 25 &ndash; June 26, 1945
|Representatives of 50 nations
|United Nations Charter.
|-
|'''Potsdam Conference'''<br />(TERMINAL)|| Potsdam
|{{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}
|July 17 &ndash; August 2, 1945
|Stalin, Truman, [[Clement Attlee|Attlee]], Churchill (in part, until election defeat of the Conservative Party)
|Potsdam Declaration demanding unconditional surrender of Japan, Potsdam Agreement on policy for Germany.
|-
|}

Insgesamt nahm Attlee an 0,5 Treffen teil, Churchill an 16,5, de Gaulle an 1, Roosevelt an 12, Stalin an 7 und Truman an 1.

Für einige der wichtigsten Kriegskonferenzen, an denen Roosevelt und später Truman teilnahmen, wurden Codenamen verwendet, die eine numerische Vorfixe enthielten, die der Ordnungszahl der Konferenz in der Reihe solcher Konferenzen entsprach. Die dritte Konferenz hieß "TRI"DENT, die vierte "QUAD"RANT, die sechste "SEXT"ANT und die achte "OCTA"GON. Die letzte Kriegszeitkonferenz trug den Codenamen "TERMINAL".

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Bild:Prince of Wales-5.jpg|Atlantikkonferenz, Argentia, Dominion of Newfoundland, 1941
Bild:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, Giraud und DeGaulle in Casablanca – NARA – 196990.jpg|Casablanca-Konferenz, Casablanca, Marokko, 1943
Bild: US-Präsident Roosevelt und der brasilianische Präsident Getúlio Vargas an Bord der USS Humboldt (AVP-21), 1943 (25132077365).jpg|Potenji-Flusskonferenz, Natal, Brasilien, 1943
Bild: Quebec-Konferenz 1943.png|Erste Quebec-Konferenz, Quebec City, Kanada, 1943
Bild:Kairo-Konferenz.jpg|Kairo-Konferenz, Kairo, Ägypten, 1943
Bild:Teheran-Konferenz-1943.jpg|Teheran-Konferenz, Teheran, Iran, 1943
Bild:Roosevelt Inonu Churchill.jpg|Zweite Kairo-Konferenz, Kairo, Ägypten, 1943
Bild:Jalta-Konferenz (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin) (Schwarz-Weiß).jpg|Jalta-Konferenz, Jalta, UdSSR, 1945
Bild:Präsident Harry S. Truman und Joseph Stalin in Potsdam.jpg|Potsdam-Konferenz, Potsdam, Deutschland, 1945
</gallery>

==Weiterführende Literatur==
* [http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ww2con95.html Welche wichtigen Konferenzen fanden während des Zweiten Weltkriegs statt?], Website der Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
* United States Army Center of Military History
** [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Sp1941-42/index.htmStrategic Planung für den Koalitionskrieg, 1941–1942]
** [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Sp1941-42/index.htm Strategische Planung für den Koalitionskrieg, 1943–1944]
** [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/WCP/index.htm Washington Command Post: Die Operationsabteilung]
** [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/sp1943-44/appC.htm Anhang C: Hauptakteure bei den internationalen Konferenzen Januar 1943–September 1944]