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Organizing Victory

The War Conferences 1941–1945

by Andrew Rawson
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Between December 1941 and July 1945 the Allied Heads of State met nine times to decide the ongoing strategy of World War II with their chiefs of staff. President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided the strategies for the Mediterranean and the Far East at the Arcadia conference in December 1941, reconvening in Casablanca for the symbol conference in 1943. They then considered the European campaign at the Trident Conference in May and the Quadrant conference in August. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek joined them in Egypt for the Sextant Conference in November 1943, while Premier Joseph Stalin welcomed them to Tehran for the Eureka conference. The Octagon conference in September 1944 reaffirmed the Allied partnership's commitment to the European campaign. They then travelled to Yalta in the Crimea the following February to agree with Stalin how to end the war in Europe at the Argonaut conference. At the final conference in Potsdam, Berlin, in July 1945 President Harry S. Truman took the place of the recently deceased Roosevelt and the new PM Clement Atlee replaced Churchill part-way through the conference. They discussed the chaos of Europe and an end to the campaign against Japan; Truman also took Stalin aside to tell him about the atomic bomb. He affected indifference 0- but his spies had forwarned him of its existence. Discover what they discussed though the edited minutes of the meetings. Read the reasons and the compromises behind the decisions. follow the heated discussions as the war turned in favour of the Allies - and learn how the foundations for the post war world were laid. This is a history in the raw, unmediated: how would you, as President of the United States, reply to Stalin's formal suggestion that between 50,000 and 100,000 of the German High Command be liquidated at war's end? All the minutes are supported by footnotes containing extensive supplementary information?

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    July 1, 2013

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 30, 2013
      Across 10 major WWII conferences Allied leaders met to coordinate military operations and plan for the peace. At first these consisted of the U.S. president, British prime minister, and their respective staffs; later conferences included Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and, once, leaders of China and Turkey. Editor and historian Rawson (Eyes Only: The Top Secret Correspondence Between Marshall and Eisenhower) has pored over minutes of these meetings, trimmed obscurities and repetitions, added footnotes to identify characters and events, and presented them with short introductions and an occasional comment. Rawson begins with the Arcadia Conference in Washington, D.C., held two weeks after Pearl Harbor, to which a vastly relieved Churchill invited himself in order to welcome the U.S. into the war and launch consultations, and carries through to Potsdam in July 1945, when leaders discussed punishing Germany, defeating Japan, and the development of postwar order. Readers looking for vivid accounts of these larger-than-life figures and the world-shaking events they attempted to control must look elsewhere; this is a reference aimed at scholars, but those with a penchant for WWII trivia may consider it a useful addition to their bookshelves.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from October 15, 2013

      What would it have been like sitting next to Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, George Marshall, or Joseph Stalin, making decisions on the progress of World War II and the fate of the postwar world? Rawson (Showcasing the Third Reich: The Nuremberg Rallies) successfully provides a window into history as it happened, using meeting minutes from each of 11 Allied wartime conferences, from just after Pearl Harbor through the Terminal Conference of July 1945 at Potsdam. Make no mistake: these are not boring meeting logs. Political machinations, arguments and prejudice, and even shocking suggestions about postwar populations are all here, edited and analyzed to give the reader important context while retaining the feeling of the original records. VERDICT Although the conferences have been written about extensively, having this material from and about each of the participants all in one place and so well annotated by Rawson is a boon. Coming through clearly are the personalities involved and how the Big Three felt about their allies, enemies, and even one another as readers witness their fascinating repartee. World War II buffs will find invaluable insights; scholars will consider it an essential addition to the literature.--Maria Bagshaw, Elgin Community Coll. Lib., IL

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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