Second Washington Conference

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The Second Washington Conference was a high-level World War II strategy meeting in 1942 between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to coordinate Allied military plans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied war planning conference ⓘ
World War II diplomatic conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Conference of Washington II ⓘ
Second Washington War Conference ⓘ
chronologyWithin Early phase of U.S. involvement in World War II ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
diplomaticMission Coordinate U.S.–British military plans ⓘ
endTime 1942-06-25 ⓘ
follows Arcadia Conference ⓘ
First Washington Conference ⓘ
hasCause Need to coordinate Allied grand strategy in World War II ⓘ
hasOutcome Agreement to launch Operation Torch in North Africa ⓘ
Further coordination of Anglo-American military planning ⓘ
Reaffirmation of Germany-first strategy ⓘ
Strengthening of Combined Chiefs of Staff mechanism ⓘ
hasParticipant Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
White House ⓘ
mainSubject Air war against Germany ⓘ
Allied global strategy in World War II ⓘ
Invasion of North Africa ⓘ
linked to: Operation Torch

Mediterranean theater strategy ⓘ
Operation Torch planning ⓘ
Pacific theater strategy ⓘ
Priority of European theater over Pacific theater ⓘ
Shipping and logistics allocation ⓘ
Support to Soviet Union ⓘ
organizer British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

United States government ⓘ
partOf Allied conferences of World War II ⓘ
pointInTime June 1942 ⓘ
significantFigure Alan Brooke ⓘ
Charles Portal ⓘ
Ernest J. King ⓘ
linked to: Ernest King

George C. Marshall ⓘ
startTime 1942-06-19 ⓘ
topic Allied cooperation ⓘ
Amphibious warfare planning ⓘ
Combined operations ⓘ
Grand strategy ⓘ
Naval strategy ⓘ

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Arcadia Conference → followedBy → Second Washington Conference ⓘ
Quebec Conference → precededBy → Washington Conference (Trident) ⓘ
linked to: Second Washington Conference
Second Washington Conference → alsoKnownAs → Second Washington War Conference ⓘ
linked to: Second Washington Conference
Second Washington Conference → alsoKnownAs → Conference of Washington II ⓘ
linked to: Second Washington Conference
Allied conferences of World War II → hasPart → Washington Conferences (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Second Washington Conference
Allied conferences of World War II → hasPart → Second Washington Conference ⓘ