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The 'Casablanca Conference' (codenamed SYMBOL) was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, then a French protectorate, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the European strategy of the Allies during World War II. Present were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had also been invited but declined to attend. General Charles de Gaulle had initially refused to come but changed his mind when Churchill threatened to recognize Henri Giraud as head of the Free French Forces in his place. Giraud was also present at Casablanca, and there was notable tension between the two men during the talks.
The "Casablanca Declaration" made at the conference called for the Allies to seek theunconditional surrender of the Axis Powers. Also called for were Allied aid to the Soviet Union, the the invasion of Sicily and Italy, and the recognition of joint leadership of the Free French by de Gaulle and Giraud. All the terms were agreed upon. Roosevelt presented the results of the conference to the American people in a radio address on February 12, 1943. The Casablanca Conference was followed by the Cairo Conference, the Tehran Conference, the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference.

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★ Atlantic Charter

★ Dumbarton Oaks Conference

★ List of World War II conferences

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★ Casablanca Conference of 1943

★ Churchill, Roosevelt and the Casablanca Conference, January 1943

★ United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States. The Conferences at Washington, 1941-1942, and Casablanca, 1943