The '''Atlantic Charter''' was a declaration for [[free trade]] and self-determination.
The '''Atlantic Charter''' was a declaration for [[free trade]] and self-determination.
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U.S. [[President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and British [[Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] met in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on August 1941 in order to begin to plan for [[peace]] after the conclusion of [[World War II]], and agreed to this Atlantic Charter. It also endorsed [[disarmament]] of aggressor states (e.g., [[Japan]] and [[Germany]]) and freedom of the seas. The [[United States]] and [[Great Britain]] renounced any territorial ambitions, and expansion against the wishes of local populations was condemned.
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U.S. [[President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and British [[Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] met in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on August 1941 in order to begin to plan for [[peace]] after the conclusion of [[World War II]], and agreed to this Atlantic Charter. It also endorsed [[disarmament]] of aggressor states (e.g., [[Japan]], self determination, and [[Germany]]) and freedom of the seas. The [[United States]] and [[Great Britain]] renounced any territorial ambitions, and expansion against the wishes of local populations was condemned.
The [[Soviet Union]] soon endorsed the Atlantic Charter and it later provided the ideological foundation for the [[United Nations]].{{fact}}
The [[Soviet Union]] soon endorsed the Atlantic Charter and it later provided the ideological foundation for the [[United Nations]].{{fact}}