#OTD in 1943
‘Franklin D. Roosevelt reviews the troops during his trip to Morocco for the Casablanca Conference.
January 21, 1943’
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#OTD in 1943
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, in Morocco for the Casablanca Conference, with their Chiefs of Staff, January 22, 1943
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#OTD in 1943
‘Franklin D. Roosevelt reviews the troops during his trip to Morocco for the Casablanca Conference.
January 21, 1943’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #FDR #Morocco #Casablanca #CasablancaConference

#OTD in 1943
‘Franklin D. Roosevelt with Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference.’ January 22, 1943
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#OTD in 1943
‘January 14, 1943: FDR leaves for the Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill and becomes the first president to leave the U.S. during wartime.’
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#OTD in 1943
‘January 14, 1943: FDR leaves for the Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill and becomes the first president to leave the U.S. during wartime.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #FDR #WinstonChurchill #CasablancaConference

#OnThisDay in 1943 Winston Churchill arrives for the #CasablancaConference.

Was the call for ‘unconditional surrender’ the most ruinous Allied policy of the #SecondWorldWar?

🔓 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀

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#OTD Held two months after the North African landings, the Casablanca Conference lasted from Jan 14 to 24, 1943. Roosevelt, Churchill, and military planners met there to hash out priorities, demanding the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.
#WWll #casablancaconference #history #churchill

The Memphis had been ordered to anchor off Bathurst in order to provide safe quarters for FDR and his party en route to and from the #CasablancaConference. This was the first time the President’s flag had ever been flown from an American warship in an African Port. ➡️

#OTD in 1943
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‘These pages from the guestbook at the #CasablancaConference include the signatures of Sultan #MohammedV of #Morocco, ➡️

The gold tiara encrusted with semi-precious stones from the Atlas Mountains and a pair of gold bracelets from the Sultan’s collection of family jewels were presented as gifts for First Lady #EleanorRoosevelt.’
#FDR #WW2 #CasablancaConference #Morocco

The Memphis had been ordered to anchor off Bathurst in order to provide safe quarters for FDR and his party en route to and from the #CasablancaConference. This was the first time the President’s flag had ever been flown from an American warship in an African Port. ➡️

#OTD January 14, 1943

Roosevelt and Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference, where history is steered behind closed doors and ordinary people pay the cost of strategies they never consented to.

Photo credit: public domain
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Jan. 14, 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill convene in Casablanca, demanding ‘unconditional surrender.’ A blueprint for total victory. Unity in purpose, clarity in demand. #WWII #CasablancaConference

Dec. 31, 1942: Churchill and Roosevelt meet in Casablanca to plan the next phase of WWII. Wars are won in strategy rooms before they’re fought on battlefields. #WWII #CasablancaConference