The Argonaut Conference: January-February 1945

by Joint History Office (U.S.), Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (U.S.) (Editor)

Overview

he Argonaut Conference, which lasted from January 30 to February 11, 1945, took place in two locations: the island of Malta and Yalta in the Soviet Union. This important conference marked the second occasion that the Big Three leaders—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston S. Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin—and the Combined Chiefs of Staff conferred on the progress of the war. The first part of the conference (sometimes called the Malta Conference) occurred in Malta from January 30 to February 3. It was an opportunity for American and British leaders to plan for the final campaign against the Germans and to prepare for the Yalta meeting with Stalin and Soviet leaders. The second part of the conference, also known as the Yalta Conference, was hosted by Stalin in the Soviet resort town from February 4 to 11. These highly significant meetings focused mainly on postwar plans for Europe, and Argonaut was the last wartime conference attended by Roosevelt, who would die on April 12, 1945.

Argonaut was one in a series of high-level conferences held by the US and British leaders in Washington, DC; Casablanca; Quebec; Cairo; Tehran; Malta; Yalta; and Potsdam to formulate the Allied grand strategy. At the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences, the Soviet leader Stalin was also in attendance and played an important role.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780160939297
Publisher:	United States Dept. of Defense
Publication date:	09/15/2017
Series:	World War II Inter-Allied Conferences
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	306
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

ABOUT THE AGENCY: 

The Joint History Office's mission is "to create the record of activities of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Staff and to capture and document all aspects of joint operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States."

The Joint History Office provides historical support to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Joint Staff. Central to this mission is the production of historical studies of the activities of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff. Historians have served on the Joint Staff and its predecessors since 1945.
 

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Papers

Messages

Minutes of Meetings

Minutes of Argonaut Tripartite Military Meetings

Minutes of Argonaut Plenary Meetings

Index