Chronology of World War II
Churchill visits Roosevelt
Friday, June 19, 1942 www.onwar.com

Churchill and Roosevelt meeting in WashingtonIn Washington... Churchill and Roosevelt confer. One of topics discussed are the plans for a Second Front. It has become clear that Operation Sledgehammer, the planned invasion of France will not be possible in 1942. Churchill proposes an attack on French North Africa instead. Also under discussion is the Atomic research program. It is agree that the Americans and British will share their information, but that the research should be concentrated in the United States rather than wartime Britain.


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