PLANNING AND PREPARATION

The Trans-Atlantic Alliance was formed even before the
attack on Pearl Harbour. In August 1941 Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, met with President Roosevelt on board the King George V Class Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales, in Placentia Bay Newfoundland; this Atlantic Charter Conference was the first meeting between the two English-speaking leaders in what was emerging as the "Grand Alliance" against the AXIS powers. From this point onwards British and American strategists began working together in earnest to formulate a path towards the invasion of Europe.

Soon after America entered the War, military planning began for the Second Front. In December 1941 Prime Minister Churchill, boarded the battleship HMS Duke of York to meet with President Roosevelt...