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The leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada were officially photographed at the Québec Conference in August 1943. Officers accompanied them along the Citadel walls. During “Quadrant,” the Allies agreed on strategies to liberate France from the Nazis and ensure Mussolini’s surrender in Italy.
1942 - 1944

The Québec Conferences during World War II

In 1943 and again in 1944, during World War II, the Allied leaders gathered in Québec City for a major military summit. These conferences were called by the code names “Quadrant” and “Octogone.” Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King hosted the American and British leaders, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. They met at the Château Frontenac and the Citadel. In particular, they planned the Normandy landings, the operation that led to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Discover the moments when a great page of world history was written in Québec City!

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Québec Conference of 1943

Auteur inconnu The leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada were officially photographed at the Québec Conference in August 1943. Officers accompanied them along the Citadel walls. During “Quadrant,” the Allies agreed on strategies to liberate France from the Nazis and ensure Mussolini’s surrender in Italy.
Chronoscope Can you tell us why Québec City was chosen for this conference? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1943-08-01