The Octagon Conference : September 1944 / Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, author.

Contributor:

Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Peace--Congresses.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japan--Foreign relations--Congresses.

Japan.

Germany--Foreign relations--Congresses.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District Columbia : U.S. Secretary, Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1944.

Summary:

The Octagon Conference (also called the Second Quebec Conference) occurred from September 12 to 16, 1944, in Quebec City, Canada. The primary attendees were President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston S. Churchill, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS). Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King served as host for the conference but did not attend significant meetings. In addition to papers and meeting minutes from the Octagon Conference, this collection also includes minutes from the CCS meetings in London in June 1944. At the Octagon meetings, the participants discussed the invasion of France, including the progress of Operation Neptune, the cross-Channel portion of Operation Overlord. For the Pacific theater, the extent of British participation in the war against Japan was deliberated. One key discussion centered around the Burma campaign, including Operation Dracula, the airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon. The most far-reaching exchange, however, concerned the allocation of postwar occupation zones in Germany. Octagon 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 Joseph Stalin was also in attendance and played an important role. ISBN: 9780160939259 (Mobi) and ISBN: 978016093273 (ePub) are other formats of this product that are also available for free download. This entire World War II Inter-Allied Conferences series available for free download includes the following products: Arcadia Conference (Washington, DC), December 24, 1941-January 14, 1942: ISBN 9780160938870 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938863 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938887 (PDF) Post-Arcadia Conference (Washington, DC), January 23-May 19, 1942: ISBN 9780160938900 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938894 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938917 (PDF) Casablanca Conference (Morocco), January 14-24, 1943: ISBN 9780160938931 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938924 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938948 (PDF) Trident Conference (Washington, DC), May 12-25, 1943: ISBN 9780160938795 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938788 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938801 (PDF) Quadrant Conference (Quebec City, Canada), August 14-24, 1943: ISBN 9780160938825 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938818 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938832 (PDF) Sextant Conference (Cairo, Egypt), Eureka Conference (Tehran, Iran), and the Second Cairo Conference (Egypt), November 22-December 7, 1943: ISBN 9780160938856 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938849 (ePub); ISBN 9780160939266 (PDF) Argonaut Conference (Malta and Yalta, Soviet Union), January 30-February 11, 1945: ISBN 9780160939303 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160939297 (ePub); ISBN 9780160939242 (PDF) Terminal Conference (Potsdam, Germany), July 17-August 2, 1945: ISBN 9780160939235 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160939310 (ePub); ISBN 9780160939327 (PDF)

Contents:

Intro

Octagon Conference (Quebec, 12-16 September 1944)

Table of Contents

Messages

SCAF 78 - Progress of Operations Report, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force

FACS 78 - Combined Chiefs of Staff reply to SCAF 78

MEDCOS 181 - Progress of Operations Report, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

NAF 774 - Progress of Operations Report, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

OCTAGON-IN-9 - Progress of Operations Report, Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia

SCAF 79 - Publicity on MULBERRY

FACS 79 - Publicity on MULBERRY

Papers

320/27 Allocation of Zones of Occupation in Germany (Memorandum by the Combined Chiefs of Staff)

417/8 Operations for the Defeat of Japan 1944-45 (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

417/9 Over-all Objective in the War Against Japan (Note by the Secretaries)

452/26 British Participation in the War Against Japan (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

452/27 British Participation in the War Against Japan (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

452/29 Allocation of the Two Remaining Combat Cargo Groups and the Two Remaining Air Commando Groups (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

452/31 Directive to Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command (Note by the Secretaries)

520/6 Control of Strategic Bomber Forces in Europe Following the Establishment of Allied Forces on the Continent (Note by the Secretaries)

618/3 Machinery for Coordination of United States-Soviet-British Military Effort (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

618/4 Machinery for Coordination of United States-Soviet-British Military Effort (Note by the Secretaries)

643/1 Estimate of the Enemy Situation, Pacific-Far East (as of 8 September 1944) (Report by the Combined Intelligence Committee).

654/7 Program for the OCTAGON Conference (Note by the Secretaries)

654/8 Basic Policies for the OCTAGON Conference (Note by the Secretaries)

660/1 Prospects of a German Collapse or Surrender (as of 8 September 1944) (Report by the Combined Intelligence Committee)

674 Assumption of Command of DRAGOON Forces by Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (Note by the Secretaries)

674/1 Assumption of Command of DRAGOON Forces by Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

675 Priorities for Personnel Shipping Subsequent to Termination of Hostilities in Europe (Memorandurn by the British Chiefs of Staff)

675/1 A Combined Memorandum on Troop Movements, Covering the Period October 1944 to March 1945 (Report by U.S. and British Military Services)

675/2 Combined Personnel Movement Problem Arising During the First Year After the Defeat of Germany (Memorandum by U.S. Transportation, British Movement and Combined Shipping Authorities)

676 General Progress Report on Recent Operations in the Pacific (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

677 Future Operations in the Mediterranean (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

677/1 Future Operations in the Mediterranean (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

678 Planning Date for the End of the War Against Japan (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

678/1 Planning Date for the End of the War Against Japan (Note by the Secretaries)

679 Redeployment of Forces after the End of the War in Europe (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

680/2 Report to the President and Prime Minister (Note by the Secretaries)

681/2 Communication of the Results of OCTAGON Conference to Marshal Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Note by the Secretaries).

682 Operation HIGHBALL (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

684 RANKIN Planning in the Mediterranean Theater (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

687 Release of Amphibious Craft from OVERLORD to Other Theaters (Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff)

Minutes of Meetings

London Conference, June 1944

162d Meeting (London)

Progress of Operation NEPTUNE

Campaign in Italy

163d Meeting (Middlesex)

Operations in Europe

Operations in the Pacific and the Far East

Record of Discussion

164th Meeting (London)

Operations to Assist OVERLORD

Operations

165th Meeting (London)

War in the Pacific

166th Meeting (London)

Progress of OVERLORD

French Resistance Groups

Operations in Southeast Asia Command

Control of the United States Twentieth Air Force

Octagon Conference

172d Meeting

Chairmanship of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Personnel Shipping

Agenda and Hour of Meeting

Situation Report from SCAEF

Situation Report from the Mediterranean

Combined Intelligence Report on the Situation in Europe

Command of DRAGOON Forces

Machinery for Coordination of United States-Soviet-British Military Effort

Zones of Occupation in Germany

Control of Strategic Bomber Forces in Europe

173d Meeting

Approval of the Minutes of the 172d Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Control of the Strategic Bomber Forces in Europe

Report on the Enemy Situation in the Pacific

General Progress Report on Recent Operations in the Pacific

Strategy for the Defeat of Japan

Basic Policies for the OCTAGON Conference

Future Operations in the Mediterranean

Next Meeting, Combined Chiefs of Staff

174th Meeting.

Approval of the Minutes of the 173d Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

British Participation in the Pacific

Future Operations in Southeast Asia

Planning Date for the End of the War Against Japan

Operations of the Twentieth Air Force

Communications to Marshal Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

175th Meeting

Approval of the Minutes of the 174th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Final Report to the President and Prime Minister

Communication of the Results of OCTAGON

Redeployment of Forces after the End of the War in Europe

Combined Personnel Movement Problem Arising the First Year after the Defeat of Germany

Operation HIGHBALL

Release to the Press of Information on MULBERRY

Possible Statement to be made to the Press by the President and Prime Minister

Progress of the Campaign in the Pacific

Hour of Next Meeting

176th Meeting

Approval of the Minutes of the 175th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

RANKIN Planning in the Mediterranean Theater

Release of Amphibious Craft from OVERLORD to other Theaters

Allocation of Zones of Occupation in Germany

Situation in China

Communiqué for Release to the Press

Concluding Remarks

Octagon Plenary Meetings

First Plenary Meeting

Review of the Strategic Situation of the United Nations

a. DRAGOON

b. Campaign in Italy

c. Campaign in Burma

British Participation in the War Against Japan

Treatment of Germany

Second Plenary Meeting

Report to the President and Prime Minister

a. Operations in Italy

b. Over-all Objective for the War Against Japan

c. Redeployment of Forces after the End of the War in Europe

d. Allocation of Zones of Occupation in Germany.

e. Directive to Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia

Location of the Central Tripartite Control Commission in Germany

Communication of the Results of OCTAGON Conference to Marshal Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

Release of Information on MULBERRY

OCTAGON Communiqué

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-16-093928-3

OCLC:

1012347204