Chronology of World War II

Sunday, August 10th


Religious Services at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland


Religious Services at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Under the camouflage-striped guns of the British battleship Prince of Wales--soon to be sunk with heavy loss of life--Churchill and Roosevelt attended Sunday services during the Atlantic Conference. In one of the great symbolic moments of the war, military leaders and sailors of both nations mingled together to sing the hymns that Churchill had personally selected. He wrote later, 'Every word seemed to stir the heart. It was a great hour to live.'