Washington Conference (1943)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill fishing at Shangri-La, in between the May 1943 Trident Conference discussions.[1]
Winston Churchill and his chiefs of staff en route to the USA

The Third Washington Conference (codenamed Trident[2]) was held in Washington, D.C from May 12 to May 25, 1943. It was a World War II strategic meeting between the heads of government of the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the third conference of the 20th century (1941, 1942, 1943), but the second conference that took place during the US involvement in the Second World War. The delegations were headed by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, respectively.[3]

The plans for the Allied invasion of Sicily, extent of military force, the date for invading Normandy, and the progress of the Pacific War were discussed.

  1. ^ Zimmerman, Dwight (23 May 2013). "The Trident Conference". Defense Media Network. Faircount Media Group. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ Churchill, Winston Spencer (1951). The Second World War: Closing the Ring. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. p. 35.
  3. ^ Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, p. 305, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6964-4.