This week in the War, 18–24 October 1943: The Moscow Conference

This week in the war, the Moscow conference of foreign ministers began on 18 October 1943.

British Foreign minister, Anthony Eden, and US Secretary of state, Cordell Hull, met with their Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov.

By the time the conference had ended, it had been agreed that a ‘European Advisory Commission’ be established and that Austria would once again become an independent country (i.e. independent from Germany). The principle of unconditional surrender (for Germany) was confirmed.