Planning for Peace During the Firestorm of War

 August 1941  Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt  Before the United States entered WWII  US and UK declare that they seek no territorial gains in war and that self- determination and freedom should be guaranteed to everyone.

 January 1943  Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Charles DeGaulle  US and UK will seek the unconditional surrender of Axis powers, call upon the Soviet Union to help and begin planning the invasion of Italy.

 November 1943  Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-Shek  US, UK, China developed plans for defeating Japan, declared that Japan would be stripped of all conquered territories, and guaranteed the post-war independence of Korea

 November-December 1943  Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt  Allied powers planned the D-Day invasion of Normandy, agreed to create the United Nations, and the Soviets planned to enter the war after the defeat of Germany

 February 1945  Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin  Allies agreed to divide a conquered Germany amongst the four major powers: US, UK, France, and USSR  Allies agreed about the creation of the United Nations  Allies disagreed about the post-war fate of Poland & German reparations

 July-August 1945  Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee, Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin  Post war plans for Germany and Poland; Truman mentions a “powerful new weapon, but does not tell Stalin that it is the atomic bomb