EUREKA (1)
The Oxford Companion to World War II
|
2001
|
|
© The Oxford Companion to World War II 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
EUREKA (1), codename for the Allied Teheran conference held from 28 November to 1 December 1943 to co-ordinate future strategy between the western Allies and the USSR (see
Grand Alliance). Present were Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and their diplomatic and military advisers. It was the first time the three leaders had met together. Stalin confirmed that the USSR would join in the war against Japan once Germany had been defeated. He stressed the importance of mounting an invasion of France to relieve pressure on Soviet forces fighting in the
German–Soviet war, and added that the
French Riviera landings would be an essential adjunct to it. Roosevelt and Churchill then announced their decision that the Normandy landings would be launched in May 1944 (they were later delayed until June: see
OVERLORD), and a delighted Stalin agreed to mount a full-scale offensive to coincide with them. It was also agreed to co-operate in devising joint deception schemes (see
BODYGUARD).
After the main decision, the timing of OVERLORD, had been taken, subsequent discussions centred on bringing Turkey into the war, the future of Poland and Finland, the post-war division of Germany, and support for
Tito and the partisans in Yugoslavia.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/8/1997; 688 words
; ...inventor of the jet engine, 1996. On this day: the Treaty of Mersen was signed, 870; Queen Elizabeth I reviewed her troops...France, 1914; the Battle of Amiens began, 1918; the Treaty of Rawalpindi was signed, 1919; the US dirigible Akron...
|
|
Treaty of Mersen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Treaty of Mersen 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons...the German of the East Franks (Germany), signed at Mersen (Dutch Meersen ), now in the Netherlands. The treaty superseded the tripartite division of the empire in...
|
|
|
Treaty of Verdun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Treaty of Verdun the partition of Charlemagne's empire...Italy) and also kept the imperial title. The Treaty of Verdun represented the beginning of dissolution...Western Europe. It was superseded in 870 by the Treaty of Mersen .
|
|
|
Alsace
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...It fell to the Alemanni (5th cent.) and to the Franks (496). The Treaty of Verdun (843; see Verdun, Treaty of ) included it in Lotharingia; the Treaty of Mersen (870) put it in the kingdom of the East Franks (later Germany). The...
|
|
|
Louis the German
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Oath of ), and forced Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun (843; see Verdun, Treaty of ), which made them independent sovereigns...Lotharingia was divided between them by the Treaty of Mersen (870). The death (875) of Louis II renewed...
|
|
|
Charles II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Oath of ), they signed (843) with Lothair the Treaty of Verdun (see Verdun, Treaty of ), which divided the empire into three parts...Charles seized his kingdom but was forced by the Treaty of Mersen (870) to divide it with Louis the German...
|
