Tehran Conference
Also known as: codenamed '''Eureka"
- 1Held from 28 November to 1 December 1943 at the Soviet embassy in Tehran.
- 2Featured the Big Three leaders: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
- 3Followed the Cairo Conference, which took place from 22 to 26 November 1943.
- 4President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at the conference via the USS Iowa.
- 5Preceded the later Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference held in 1945.
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of the Allies of World War II, held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D.
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Diplomatic precursor to the invasion
At the Tehran Conference in 1943, the 'Big Three' Allied leaders finalized the commitment to launch a cross-channel invasion of France, which became Operation Overlord.
The Tehran Conference was a critical strategic meeting of the Allies of World War II, held from 28 November to 1 December 1943. Hosted at the Soviet embassy in Tehran, it marked the first gathering of the Big Three leaders: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
The Shah of Iran (center), pictured to the right of Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference (1943)Wikimedia Commons: File:Shahstalinmolotov.JPGThe Shah of Iran, shortly after his father's forced abdication during the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran, meeting with American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the ConferenceWikimedia Commons: File:Shah_with_FDR.jpegTehran, Iran, Dec. 1943—Front row: Marshal Stalin, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy—Back row: General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Force; General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Admiral Cunningham, First Sea Lord; Admiral William Leahy, Chi...Wikimedia Commons: File:Allied_leaders_at_the_1943_Tehran_Conference.jpg This conference followed the Cairo Conference held in Egypt earlier that same month. The meeting was significant for coordinating the Allied war effort, and the leaders would not convene again until the Yalta Conference in 1945. Notably, President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to the meeting aboard the USS Iowa.