ABC-1 Plan

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ABC-1 Plan, the outcome of secret American–British–Canadian military discussions in Washington which took place from January to March 1941. The plan, which had already been recommended to Roosevelt as part of the Rainbow Plans, envisaged that if the USA entered the war a joint strategy would be pursued in which Germany would be the prime target. A war of attrition would be waged against Japan until Germany had been defeated. The primary measures to be taken against Germany were blockade, aerial attack, and subversion. The plan bound no one at the time, but it was confirmed at the first Washington conference in December 1941 (see ARCADIA) and resulted in the US Navy reinforcing the Atlantic at the expense of the Pacific, while British units were sent to reinforce Singapore (see Prince of Wales).

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