Second Quebec Conference

The Second Quebec Conference (codenamed "OCTAGON") was a high-level military conference held during World War II by the British, Canadian and American governments. The conference was held in Quebec City, September 12, 1944 - September 16, 1944, and was the second conference to be held in Quebec, after "QUADRANT" in August 1943. The chief representatives were Winston Churchill, William Lyon Mackenzie King and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Agreements were reached on the following topics: Allied occupation zones in defeated Germany, the Morgenthau Plan, continued U.S. economic aid to the United Kingdom, and UK naval participation in the conflict against Japan. It helped the Allied powers devise a plan to win the war.

See also

• List of World War II conferences

Further reading

• Bernier, Serge. "Mapping Victory," Beaver (2008) 88#1 pp 69-72
• John L. Chase "The Development of the Morgenthau Plan Through the Quebec Conference" The Journal of Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May, 1954), pp. 324-359

Gallery

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  Prime Minister's Reception at the Chateau Frontenac
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  Eleanor Roosevelt, Princess Alice, and Mrs. Clementine Churchill during the Octagon Conference.

External links

• United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States, Conference at Quebec, 1944
• BBC Factfile: Second Quebec Conference