I am entirely in agreement with your view [about various Anti-Fascist elements in Italy]. There can be no harm in hearing what they have to say, as long as we do not make any commitments. I hope you will bring the matter up again in Cabinet. At any rate, I must inform the President. I have not the slightest doubt that should “Husky” succeed in its early stages the United States will insist, if the opportunity is forthcoming, upon an agreement being made which will put Italy out of the war. I shall support such a movement to the utmost. I am not going to take the responsibility of carrying on this war a day longer than is necessary to achieve full victory.
Winston S. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate
Billboard Top Ten for the Week of February 13, 1943
#1 - “There Are Such Things” - Tommy Dorsey, with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers
#2 - “I Had the Craziest Dream” - Harry James, with Helen Forrest
#3 - “Moonlight Becomes You” - Bing Crosby
#4 – “Brazil” - Xavier Cugat
#5 - “Why Don’t You Do Right” - Benny Goodman, with Peggy Lee
#6 – “Why Don’t You Fall in Love with Me,” Dinah Shore
#7 - “Moonlight Becomes You” - Glenn Miller, with Skip Nelson and the Modernaires
#8 - “I’ve Heard That Song Before” – Harry James, with Helen Forrest
#9 – “When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World” - Vaughn Monroe
#10 - “Juke Box Saturday Night” - Glenn Miller, with Ray Eberly and the Modernaires