Anfa Conference

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The Anfa Conference was a high-level World War II meeting held in Casablanca in January 1943, where Allied leaders including Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill planned future military strategy and agreed on the policy of unconditional surrender.

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instanceOf World War II conference
diplomatic conference
alsoKnownAs Casablanca Conference
attendeeCountry Free France
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
chronologicallyFollows Arcadia Conference
chronologicallyPrecedes Trident Conference
city Casablanca
conflict World War II
country French Morocco
declaredBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
endDate 1943-01-24
hasKeyDecision demand for unconditional surrender of Germany
demand for unconditional surrender of Italy
demand for unconditional surrender of Japan
hasParticipant Charles de Gaulle
Combined Chiefs of Staff
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Henri Giraud
British Chiefs of Staff Committee
surface form: United Kingdom military leadership

United States military leadership
Winston Churchill
language English
French
location Anfa Hotel
mainSubject Allied military strategy in World War II
coordination of Allied operations in Europe
coordination of Allied operations in the Mediterranean
policy of unconditional surrender
relations with Vichy and Free French authorities
notableFor high-level strategic coordination between Roosevelt and Churchill
public announcement of unconditional surrender policy
organisedBy Allied forces
surface form: Allied powers
partOf World War II
result adoption of unconditional surrender policy toward Axis powers
planning for intensified strategic bombing of Germany
planning for invasion of Sicily
strengthening of Free French leadership under Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud
significance first wartime conference held in Africa by Allied leaders
startDate 1943-01-14
timePeriod January 1943
topic European Theater of Operations, United States Army
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Mediterranean Theater of Operations
North African campaign
postwar planning for Europe

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Casablanca Conference alsoKnownAs Anfa Conference