On July 28, 1943, United States President Franklin Roosevelt gave a fireside chat to his nation, one of 30 evening radio addresses given by Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. In this particular one, he addressed the fall of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Roosevelt vowed that the fallen dictator and “his Fascist gang will be brought to book, and punished for their crimes against humanity.
..So our terms to Italy are still the same as our terms to Germany and Japan - ‘unconditional surrender.
'” In order to accomplish this goal, the First Quebec Conference, a highly secret military conference, would be held in Quebec City from August 17–24 1943, by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. At the conference, the Allies would begin discussions for planning the invasion of France (codenamed Operation Overlord) which became the Battle of Normandy, launched 10 months later, on June 6 1944. However, for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, something else would come first.
For the first seven days of August, Roosevelt would take a little vacation away from Washington and into the hinterland of northeastern Ontario for some fishing and relaxation. His staff had realized that he desperately needed time off before the crucial decision-making conference. Since Roosevelt loved to fish, a highly secret fishing expedition on Lake Huron was suggested.
Most biographies of Franklin Roosevelt make no mention of the trip. In fact, so much happened during Roosevelt's 12-.