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1943-05-11 The Overlord plan | Trident Conference

1943-05-11 · Washington DC · United States

The story

The Trident Conference opens in Washington, bringing together Churchill and
Roosevelt. The two allies decide to organise a landing in Italy and postpone the
opening of a second front in the West to 1 May 1944.

Photo:

W. Churchill on the left, F.D. Roosevelt on the right

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