Quebec City, Quebec, Canada • September 16, 1944 On this date in 1944 the 4-day Second Quebec Conference ended with multiple agreements that shaped war-torn and postwar Europe for decades to come. Chief attendees were U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and their combined military chiefs of staff. Also in attendance…
Washington, D.C. • May 10, 1945 On this date in 1945 President Harry S. Truman signed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive 1067. The person behind the directive was Henry Morgenthau, Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s former Treasury Secretary who had long advocated that postwar German occupation include measures to eliminate Germany’s ability to wage…
Washington, D.C. · May 10, 1945 On this date in 1945 President Harry S. Truman signed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive 1067. The person behind the directive was Henry Morgenthau, Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s former Treasury Secretary who had long advocated that postwar German occupation include measures to eliminate Germany’s ability to wage…
Washington, D.C. · May 10, 1945 On this date in 1945 President Harry S. Truman signed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive 1067. The person behind the directive was Henry Morgenthau, Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s former Treasury Secretary who had long advocated that postwar German occupation include measures to eliminate Germany’s ability to wage war…