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what was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter

Sagot :

Basically an agreement from WW2 agreed on both sides. 

Answer:

The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid down, in eight points, the principles of their common policies during World War II and their common vision for the future after the war. The statement was signed by Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the US cruiser "Augusta" off Newfoundland on August 14, 1941, despite the fact that the United States had not yet joined the war at this time.

Five months later, on January 1, 1942, the Soviet Union and other 26 allies subscribed to the principles of the Atlantic Charter, which served as a model for the United Nations Declaration.

The Axis Powers interpreted this diplomatic charter as a potential alliance against them. Adolf Hitler, in his own words, found evidence of an international Jewish conspiracy of Great Britain and the United States of America against Germany. In Japan, this charter generated the necessary strength for the military to convince the Japanese government to take a more aggressive approach against America and Great Britain, which led to the attack on Pearl Harbor.