November 28 in History
1943 – World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy
After the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, Allied leaders Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill met in Tehran for a four-day meeting from November 28 to December 1, 1943, to discuss war strategy. Codenamed Eureka, the meeting, held at the Soviet Union’s embassy in Tehran, was the first of the World War II conferences of the ‘Big Three Allied leaders (the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom) and closely followed the Cairo Conference, which had taken place on November 22–26 1943, and preceded the 1945 Yalta and Potsdam conferences.
Although the three leaders arrived with differing objectives, the main outcome of the Tehran Conference was the Western Allies‘ commitment to open a second front against Nazi Germany. The conference also addressed the ‘Big Three’ Allies’ relations with Turkey and Iran, operations in Yugoslavia and against Japan, and the envisaged post-war settlement. A separate contract signed at the conference pledged the Big Three to recognize Iranian independence.
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Photo Caption – From left: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy during the Tehran Conference – Wikipedia
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