Today, eighty-one years ago, on September 16, 1944 (Calendar, July 29, 1944), the Second World War focused on the Pacific. September 16, 1944. At a series of meetings held at the Castle of the St. Lawrence River, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin-Roosevelt agreed to shift the focus of the war from Europe to the Pacific battlefield. This shows that the Nazis were no longer the main opponents of the allies. A joint statement issued after the meeting praised the agreement saying: ¡°In a very short time, decisions were made on all the critical issues, including the end of the war in Europe that had come to an end, as well as the elimination of the barbarians on the Pacific battlefield.¡± Though the two world leaders agreed to transfer the focus of the war, and agreed that because of the