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In reply to the discussion: The famous La Marseillaise scene from Casablanca. [View all]empedocles
(15,751 posts)'The momentous Casablanca Conference held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January the 14th to the 24th, 1943 is remembered today for the landmark agreement by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to mandate unconditional surrender from their Axis enemies. {The Axis powers formally took the name after the Tripartite Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on 27 September 1940, in Berlin. The pact was subsequently joined by Hungary (20 November 1940), Romania (23 November 1940), Slovakia (24 November 1940), and Bulgaria (1 March 1941)}.
The doctrine of unconditional surrender came to represent the unified voice of the unyielding Allied will; the immovable determination that the Axis powers would be fought to their ultimate defeat.' - Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum