What is the atlantic charter?

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What is the atlantic charter?

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In a nut shell... The "Atlantic Charter" is a peace agreement that enables all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance. The agreement is called the "Atlantic Charter" because the two leading nations' leaders' ie: USA Franklin D. Roosevelt and Great British Winston S. Churchill met on August 12, 1941 and signed the agreement on August 14, 1941 (in secrecy) aboard the U.S. heavy cruiser USS Augusta and the British battle cruiser HMS Prince of Wales, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

It was here, the two leaders and their staffs discussed the general strategy of the war against the Axis Powers. The major public outcome of this "Atlantic Conference" was the Atlantic Charter which also formed the basis of the United Nations Charter.

Part and partial of the "Charter" reads:

" We believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers.  We believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. We will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments. Signed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President United States & Winston S. Churchill, British Prime Minister.

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