ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL ENDORSE NEW WAR AIMS
Casablanca, French Morocco • January 14, 1943 On this date in 1943 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and their respective Chiefs of Staff opened a 10‑day strategy conference in Casablanca, a seaside resort halfway down the Moroccan coast in Northwest Africa. (Casablanca was a significant venue, chosen to underscore the liberation…