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!
Ceremonial photograph of the 1944 Québec Conference
Roger Bédard
World leaders Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill pose with high-ranking military officers on the terrace of the Citadel of Québec on the occasion of the second Québec Conference in 1944. They discussed post-war preparations, the plan to occupy Germany and the conflict on the Pacific front.
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