Calais Conference (July 1915) time period World War I
The Calais Conference took place in the French city of Calais on 6 July 1915.  It was intended to improve communication between the British and French governments on strategy for the First World War.  It was the first face-to-face meeting between the British and French prime ministers H. H. Asquith and René Viviani.  The meeting was poorly organised and no formal record was made of the decisions.  The French thought that the British had committed to a major offensive on the Western Front while the British thought they had persuaded the French that the main British effort that year should be in the Gallipoli campaign.  A meeting between military leaders at the conference led to a target of 70 divisions being set for the British Expeditionary Force, which would require the imposition of conscription.Background
The conference was held on 6 July 1915 and was the first face-to-face meeting between the British prime minister H. H. Asquith and his French equivalent René Viviani.  The parties had called the conference as both acknowledged that war strategy could not be effectively planned through the slow pre-war diplomatic channels.  The conference marked a commitment to more rapid decision making on the course of the war.
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