THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

9—12 AUGUST 1941 2 AUGUST 1941 British troops occupy Basra and the oilfields of southern Iraq. 10 AUGUST 1941 Plots to stage pro-German coups are uncovered in Argentina, Cuba and Chile. 10 AUGUST 1941 Britain and the USSR pledge their support to Turkey in the event of an attack by an Axis power. 12 AUGUST 1941 Hitler issues orders to halt the move on Moscow in order to capture Leningrad in the north and the Ukraine in the south. 12 AUGUST 1941 Pétain suspends independent political activity and bans all political meetings creating a quasifascist authoritarian state in Vichy France. 13 AUGUST 1941 Japanese bombers destroy much of Chungking, the Chinese wartime capital. From 9 to 12 August 1941 the first major summit meeting of the war took place between…

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