Dec 20, 2009

Salem on History | Atlantic Charter Is Signed

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Series: Chronology of European History
Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Geographical Location: London, Washington, D.C., Canada
Date: August, 1941-postwar years

Article abstract: The Atlantic Charter is signed, creating guidelines that have a more profound impact on the evolution of the postwar global order than its framers may have originally intended.

Summary of Event

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill secretly met August 7-12, 1941, along the quiet coast of Placentia Bay harbor in Newfoundland. By summit’s end, the Atlantic Charter was approved by both leaders. Although it was never signed by either party and was redrafted numerous times, the final text was telegraphed to...

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Salem on History | Atlantic Charter Is Signed

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Summary of Event

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