The militaristic parts of the conference were about supporting Turkey in its entry to the war; about supporting Yugoslav Partisans instead of the until then supported Chetniks; and about the entry of the United States on the western front in Operation Overlord. It was agreed that Russians would press from the east if the US entered and pushed from the east.
One of the main ways in which composers changed the way they composed from the Classical era to the Romantic era was that they took more risks and "broke the rules" when it came to structure and melodic movement.