The Quadrant Conference, August 1943 : papers and minutes of meetings / 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--Congresses.

World War, 1939-1945.

Europe--Strategic aspects--Congresses.

Europe.

Asia--Strategic aspects--Congresses.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District Columbia : The Office, U.S. Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1943.

Summary:

The third historic meeting of Allied leaders in 1943 (Casablanca and Trident occurred earlier in the year), the Quadrant Conference (also called the Quebec Conference) was held from August 14 to 24 in Quebec City, Canada. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston S. Churchill, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff attended the conference, and Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King served as host. The opening of a second front in northern France, code-named Operation Overlord, was extensively discussed at the conference. Ultimately, the Allied leaders decided that Overlord was to be the main effort in Europe for the next year, with a target invasion date of May 1, 1944. In the Pacific, one important decision reached at Quadrant was the establishment of the Southeast Asia Command in the China-Burma-India Theater. Another major Allied focus in the Pacific was planning strategic bombing operations for the defeat of Japan using B-29 Superfortresses. Quadrant 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: 9780160938825 (Mobi) and ISBN: 9780160938818 (ePub) are also formats that are available for free download for this product title. The complete set of the World War II Inter-Allied Conferences series include the following available for free download: Arcadia Conference (Washington, DC), December 24, 1941-January 14, 1942: ISBN 978-0-16-093887-0 (Mobi); ISBN 978-0-16-093886-3 (ePub); ISBN 978-0-16-093888-7 (PDF) Post-Arcadia Conference (Washington, DC), January 23-May 19, 1942: ISBN 978-016-093890-0 (Mobi); ISBN 978-0-16-093889-4 (ePub); ISBN 978-0-16-093891-7 (PDF) Casablanca Conference (Morocco), January 14-24, 1943: ISBN 978-0-16-093893-1 (Mobi); ISBN 978-0-16-093892-4 (ePub); ISBN 978-0-16-093894-8 (PDF) Trident Conference (Washington, DC), May 12-25, 1943: ISBN 9780160938795 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160938788 (ePub); ISBN 9780160938801 (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) Octagon Conference (Quebec City, Canada), September 12-16, 1944: ISBN 9780160939259 (Mobi); ISBN 9780160939273 (ePub); ISBN 9780160939280 (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

Quadrant Conference (Quebec, 14-24 August 1943)

Table of Contents

Papers

222/4 - Future Convoy Arrangements in the Atlantic

246/1 - Movement of the "Queens

252/2 - TIDALWAVE Air Force

270/5 - Land Airport Facilities in the Azores (Memorandum by the Representatives of the British Chiefs of Staff)

270/6 - Land Airport Facilities in the Azores (Memorandum from the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

272/1 - Logistic Organization to Improve Mobility of Anti-Submarine Squadrons

286/2 - Formation by U.S. Assault Forces for Operation OVERLORD (Memorandum by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

286/3 - Formation of U.S. Assault Forces for Operation OVERLORD (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

288/3 - Quadrant Conference Agenda

300 - Estimate of the Enemy Situation, 1943-44, Pacific-Far East Area

300/1 - Estimate of the Enemy Situation, 1943-1944, European-Mediterranean Area

301/3 - Specific Operations in the Pacific and Far East, 1943-44

303 - Strategic Concept for the Defeat of the Axis in Europe (Memorandum by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

303/1 - Strategic Concept for the Defeat of the Axis in Europe (Memorandum by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

303/3 - Strategic Concept for the Defeat of the Axis in Europe (Resolutions of the Combined Chiefs of Staff)

304 - Operation OVERLORD-Outline Plan

305 - Effect of Indian Floods on Burma Campaign (Message from General Auchinlech)

305/1 - Effect of Indian Floods on Burma Campaign (Report of ad hoc committee)

306 - Rome an Open City

307 - Artificial Harbors for Combined Operations

308/3 - Southeast Asia Command

309 - POINTBLANK

310 - Propaganda Committee

311 - Italian Peace Feelers

312 - Pipeline from India to China (Note by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

312/1 - Pipeline from India to China (Memorandum from ad hoc committee).

313 - Appreciation and Plan for the Defeat of Japan (Summary of Appreciation and Outline Plan)

313/1 - Appreciation and Plan for the Defeat of Japan (Memorandum from the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

314 - Allocation of Landing Craft (Operation OVERLORD-Vehicle Lift) (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

314/1 - Allocation of Landing Ships and Craft-American Production (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

314/2 - Allocation of Landing Ships and Craft-American Production (Memorandum from the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

314/3 - Allocation of Landing Craft (Operation OVERLORD-Vehicle Lift) (Memorandum by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

315 - HABBAKUKS (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

315/2 - HABBAKUKS (Resolutions of the Combined Chiefs of Staff)

316 - The PLOUGH Force

317 - Equipping Allies, Liberated Forces and Friendly Neutrals (Study by the U.S. Staff Planners)

317/1 - Equipping Allies, Liberated Forces and Friendly Neutrals (Memorandum by the U.S. Chiefs of Staff)

317/2 - Equipping Allies, Liberated Forces and Friendly Neutrals (Note by the Secretaries)

317/3 - Equipping Allies, Liberated Forces and Friendly Neutrals (Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff)

318/1 - Sardinia, Fifth Column Activities

319 - Progress Report to the President and Prime Minister (Pertaining Principally to the European Theater)

319/2 - Progress Report to the President and Prime Minister (Defeat of Japan)

319/5 - Final Report to the President and Prime Minister

320 - RANKIN

321 - Policy Towards Spain

322/1 - Policy Towards Turkey

323 - Air Plan for the Defeat of Japan

324/1 - Rehabilitation of Occupied and Liberated Territories

325 - Supply Routes in Northeast India

326 - Amphibians for OVERLORD

327 - Operations from India

328/1 - Directive to General Eisenhower.

329/2 - Implementation of Assumed Basic Undertakings and Specific Operations for the Conduct of the War, 1943-1944

M-128 - Messages to Marshal Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, at the Conclusion of Quadrant

Minutes

1st Meeting at the Citadel

Review of Progress Report (European Theater)

Occupation of the Azores

The War Against Japan

2nd Meeting at the Citadel

Facilities in the Azores Islands

Emergency Operations to Enter the Continent

Operation OVERLORD

Operations in Italy and Southern France

Operations in the India-Burma-China Theater

Southeast Asia Command

Spain

Turkey

Meeting of Dr. Soong with the Combined Chiefs of Staff

106th Meeting

Conduct of the Conference

Confirmation of Sections I, II and III, C.C.S. 242/6

Agenda

The European Theater

107th Meeting

108th Meeting

Rome - an Open City

Strategic Concept for the Defeat of the Axis in Europe

Operation OVERLORD-Outline Plan

Synthetic" Harbors

Air and Naval Command-Operation "OVERLORD

109th Meeting

POINTBLANK

110th Meeting

Italian Peace Feelers

Specific Operations in the Pacific and Far East, 1943-1944

Operations Against Japan from India, 1943-44

111th Meeting

Production of Landing Craft

Deception Plan for the War Against Japan

The U-Boat War

Operation ALACRITY

112th Meeting

Progress Report to the President and Prime Minister

HABBAKUKS

Landing Craft

Use of PLOUGH Force

Equipping Allies, Liberated Forces and Friendly Neutrals

Special Operations in Sardinia

113th Meeting.

Naval and Air Commanders for Operation OVERLORD

Sardinia - Fifth Column Activities

Appreciation and Plan for the Defeat of Japan

Immediate Operations in the Mediterranean

Military Considerations in Relation to Spain

Military Considerations in Relation to Turkey

Military Considerations in Relation to Russia

114th Meeting

Specific Operations in the Pacific and Far East, 1943-44

Supply Routes in Northeast India

Air Plan for the Defeat of Japan

115th Meeting

Draft Final Report to the President and Prime Minister

Japanese Treatment of Prisoners

Pipeline from India to China

Operations from India

Movement of the "QUEENS

Amphibians for OVERLORD

Operation RANKIN

Rehabilitation of Occupied and Liberated Territories

Future Convoy Arrangements in the Atlantic

Meeting with Major General Rooks and Major General Whiteley

Future Meetings

116th Meeting

Final Report to the President and Prime Minister

Mediterranean Operations

Meeting with Dr. T.V. Soong

Relation of Resources to Plans

Propaganda Committee

Message to Stalin

Conclusion Remarks

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

W

Y.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-16-093883-X

OCLC:

1012346012