Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 29

Operation Overlord

Confirms British committment to Overlord at the Cairo Conference

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

British Chiefs of Staff propose guerilla war in Yugoslavia, Greece & Albania

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

British Chiefs of Staff propose opening the Dardanelles to Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

British Chiefs of Staff propose pushing the offensive in Italy to the Pisa-Rimini line

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

Efforts are made to bring Turkey into the war on the side of the Allies & discussions at Tehran with Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Tehran Preparations at Cairo

Churchill and the Anglo-American staffs review European strategy at Cairo before the forthcoming meeting with Stalin in Tehran.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Arrival for Tehran Conference

Churchill arrives in Tehran with the British delegation for the first wartime meeting of the three principal Allied leaders.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Defends Mediterranean Opportunities

Churchill argues that Mediterranean opportunities should not be discarded while the Allies prepare Overlord.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Joins First Big Three Plenary

Churchill joins Roosevelt and Stalin for their first formal three-power plenary meeting.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

First Day Tehran Strategy Discussions Conclude

Churchill completes the first day of discussions with the central issue of future operations in Europe still under debate.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Opening Plenary of Tehran Conference

Churchill joins Roosevelt and Stalin at the first plenary meeting of the Tehran Conference.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Supports Southern France Operation in Principle

Churchill accepts a southern France operation provided available landing craft and wider strategy permit it.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Second Tehran Plenary Continues Strategic Debate

Churchill continues the strategic debate over Overlord, Mediterranean operations and supporting offensives.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Sword of Stalingrad Presented

Churchill presents Stalin with the Sword of Stalingrad on behalf of King George VI and the British people.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Joins Third Plenary

Churchill takes part in the third plenary as the leaders narrow their remaining strategic differences.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Meets Shah during Tehran Summit

Churchill receives Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi while the Allied leaders are gathered in Tehran.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Sixty Ninth Birthday Dinner

Churchill celebrates his sixty-ninth birthday at a dinner attended by Roosevelt, Stalin and senior Allied leaders.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of France

Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Agrees to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Presents Stalin with a commemorative sword in honour of those

Presents Stalin with a commemorative sword in honour of those who defended Stalingrad

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Siege of Stalingrad

Presents Stalin with a commemorative sword in honour of those who defended Stalingrad

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

British Guarantee of Iranian Sovereignty Signed

Churchill commits Britain to respect Iran's political independence and territorial integrity after wartime cooperation.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Final Tehran Negotiations Continue

Churchill joins prolonged final discussions covering military conclusions and political declarations.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Overlord and Southern France Agreement

Churchill accepts the agreed plan for Overlord in 1944 together with a supporting operation against southern France.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Southern France Supporting Operation Confirmed

Churchill accepts a supporting operation against southern France, subject to the availability of landing craft.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Tehran Conference Concludes with Big Three Unity

Churchill leaves the summit with agreement on coordinated 1944 operations and continued three-power cooperation.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Tehran Declaration Signed

Churchill signs the declaration stating that the Allies have concerted their plans for the destruction of German forces.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Turkey Entry into War Judged Desirable

Churchill joins the conclusion that Allied strategy would benefit if Turkey entered the war before the end of 1943.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhowers appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

International Agreement at Cairo

Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhowers appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhowers appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Hamburg

The British Air Ministry announces that Hamburg lies in ruins

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Eisenhower & Montgomerry insist that the scale of the invasion be expanded, to prevent the invaders being restricted to a narrow beachhead, with insufficient room to land follow-up formations, delaying Overlord to June. Eisenhower & Montgomerry both first see the COSSAC plan on 31 December 1943 at Marrakech in Morroco, in a conference with Winston Churchill

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Cairo

Proposes sending 2 Divisions to south France as a diversion to Overlord

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Anvil

Proposes sending 2 Divisions to south France as a diversion to Overlord

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Buccaneer

Gets some LCTs from Burma against the Japanese for use in Operation Overlord

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Gets some LCTs from Burma against the Japanese for use in Operation Overlord

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

The End of the Beginning Published

Churchill published The End of the Beginning, continuing the documentary record of his wartime speeches.

Conference of Casablanca

A joint offensive will be launched on the Contentin Peninsula. A joint Allied staff COSSAC is set up for invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Declaration of Moscow

The future of Austria as an independent state is assured. Promises retribution for the Nazis "abominal deeds" against the Jews

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945