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Roosevelt and Churchill Meet in Morroco
Thursday, January 14, 1943 www.onwar.com

Roosevelt and Churchill in conference [photo at link]

In Morocco... The Casablanca Conference. Churchill and Roosevelt, accompanied by their Chiefs of Staff, meet to discuss Allied strategy. Americans believe the British are not doing enough in the war in the Pacific while the British believe the Americans are lacking commitment to the agreed upon “Germany-first” strategy.

In North Africa... The personnel of the 21st Panzer Division are withdrawn from Rommel’s defensive line and sent to Gabes to re-equip. They are to be used to defend Tunisia from the western attack.

On the Eastern Front... In Stalingrad, Red Army forces capture Pitomnik airfield, which has been used by the Luftwaffe to supply the 6th Army. Soviet forces are advancing past the Chervlennaya and Rossoshka rivers. To the northwest, forces of the Soviet Voronezh Front continue to advance.

In the Solomon Islands... A small number of Japanese reinforcements land near Cape Esperance to prepare positions to cover the planned evacuation.