The First Washington Conference, codenamed Arcadia, was a secret meeting held in the days immediately following the entrance of the United States into World War II.
It was the first meeting between the United States and Britain to determine military strategy.
Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and their top military advisors spent hours making major decisions that would determine the direction of the Allied war effort.
The main achievement of the conference was the Europe first decision.
Texas A&m University Press Code name arcadia, volume 167: the first wartime conference of churchill and roosevelt, hardcover/john f. shortal
