November 1943
Operation Overlord
Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944
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Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944
Deane joins the American military delegation bringing recent knowledge of Soviet strategic priorities from Moscow.
Harriman reaches Tehran with Roosevelt's party and prepares for discussions with Soviet and British representatives.
Hopkins accompanies Roosevelt to Tehran and participates in political and strategic discussions during the summit.
Leahy accompanies Roosevelt to Tehran as the President's senior military adviser.
Roosevelt lands at Gale Morghe airfield and proceeds to the American Legation under tight security.
Roosevelt flies from Cairo to Tehran to meet Churchill and Stalin for the first Big Three summit.
Arnold participates in American military planning concerning air power and the coming operations in Europe.
Bohlen provides interpretation during the first private meeting between Roosevelt and Stalin.
Harriman joins the senior Allied leaders for evening talks at the Soviet Embassy.
Hopkins joins Roosevelt in discussions that shape the political atmosphere of the opening summit.
King participates in the American Joint Chiefs review before the first Tehran plenary.
Marshall reviews American support for a cross-Channel invasion before the opening summit discussions.
Roosevelt joins Churchill and Stalin at the first plenary meeting of the Tehran Conference.
Bohlen interprets for Roosevelt during high-level conversations with Stalin and other Soviet representatives.
Roosevelt meets the Joint Chiefs to review American strategic positions before the first plenary session.
Roosevelt moves into the Soviet Embassy compound after security concerns are raised about travel through Tehran.
Roosevelt supports giving the cross-Channel invasion priority in Allied European strategy.
Harriman relays Soviet security concerns and helps persuade Roosevelt to move into the Soviet Embassy compound.
Bohlen interprets during high-level American-Soviet conversations on the conference's second day.
Harriman joins the senior delegations for Stalin's dinner and the discussions that continue afterward.
Marshall supports concentrating Anglo-American strength on the cross-Channel invasion rather than dispersing resources.
Roosevelt inspects the Sword of Stalingrad after Churchill formally presents it to Stalin.
Roosevelt meets the American Chiefs of Staff before the second plenary session.
Roosevelt joins Churchill and Stalin for the second full plenary meeting of the conference.
Marshall joins British and Soviet military representatives in a morning meeting on coordinated operations.
Arnold reviews air requirements connected with the planned Allied offensives in Europe.
King contributes to discussion of naval resources and landing craft needed for forthcoming Allied operations.
Leahy joins senior American and British military leaders reviewing the remaining strategic questions.
Marshall participates in the Combined Chiefs review before the third Tehran plenary.
Roosevelt hosts Churchill and Stalin for luncheon before the third plenary session.
Roosevelt meets Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during the Tehran Conference and discusses relations with Iran.
Roosevelt presents Churchill with a Kashan bowl during the Prime Minister's birthday dinner.
Roosevelt joins Churchill and Stalin for the third formal plenary meeting.
Roosevelt signs the declaration supporting Iran's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Roosevelt meets Churchill, Stalin and senior advisers for the final day of conference negotiations.
Roosevelt agrees the final communiqué with Churchill and Stalin after the last conference discussions.
Roosevelt accepts the coordinated plan for Overlord and a supporting operation against southern France in 1944.
Roosevelt confirms agreement that Operation Overlord will be launched in May 1944.
Roosevelt opens the Tehran political discussion by hoping Polish-Soviet relations can be restored before final decisions on disputed frontier questions.
Roosevelt signs the joint declaration confirming Allied agreement on coordinated military operations against Germany.
The conference concludes that American, British and Soviet military staffs should maintain close contact over forthcoming European operations.
Iranians want the Shah returned to Iran on charges of torture, murder & robbery
To get the US to return the Shah to Iran on charges of torture, murder & robbery. 500 Iranians sieze the US Embassy in Tehran take 90 hostages & burn the American flag
Iranian students sieze the US Embassy & hold 52 US hostages for 444 days. Ayatollah Khomeini, who assumed control of Iran in Feb, voiced support for the siege
The failed operation leads to the death of 8 soldiers. A helicopter mission to rescue the hostages leads to political disaster
Foreign Minister, Sadeq Qotbzadeh, condemned the rescue effort as "an act of war". Extremists seize the US Embassy, take 66 hostages & demand the extradition of the Shah. A helicopter mission to rescue the hostages leads to political disaster
Informed at an NSC meeting that KGB agents had been identified in the US Embassy
Informed at an NSC meeting that KGB agents had been identified in the US Embassy
The day after Jimmy Carter leaves Office the US hostages in Iran are released
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