Roosevelt and Churchill in Casablanca (1943.01)

A view of Roosevelt's villa in Casablanca before the conference in January 1943. A US Army military guard marches through the villa to take up their posts (top).

Sentries patrol the area in front of the hotel where the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US and UK are holding a meeting.

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the hotel grounds before the meeting.

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrive for the meeting.

Meeting participants at the hotel entrance.

American and British military personnel during the meeting (panorama).

US Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall speaks at the meeting.

Generals Henri Giraud and De Gaulle, after shaking hands, sit in chairs on the lawn next to Roosevelt.

Giraud and De Gaulle bid farewell to Churchill and Roosevelt at the conclusion of the talks.

An American staff car in front of a military cemetery in Morocco.

American soldiers lay a wreath at the military cemetery.

Crosses on the graves of American servicemen.

American soldiers and journalists stand outside Roosevelt's car, parked at the entrance to a military cemetery.

A parade of American troops in Morocco.

The faces of sailors standing in formation.

Churchill visits a British Marine unit in Morocco.

British soldiers salute Churchill by raising their hats.

American and British troops lay communication and power lines on the streets of Casablanca before the Allied Conference in January 1943. A panorama of the surroundings of the villa where Churchill and Roosevelt met.

Soldiers with the American flag on the opening day of the conference on January 19, 1943. A US Army guard marches through the villa grounds to take up their posts (top).

American military police check drivers' passes at a checkpoint.

US Army units lined up along the road to greet President Roosevelt.

Roosevelt greets the troops from a passing jeep.

Roosevelt and his entourage of soldiers drive around the troops lined up on the field.

Roosevelt reviews a parade of American military units stationed in Morocco.

An American armored unit on parade.

A parade of American troops.

A view of the hotel building where the meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US and Great Britain were held.

American sentries patrol the area in front of the hotel, air patrol in the sky.

A meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Dudley Pound and American Admiral King during the meeting.

Chief of Staff of the US Army General George Marshall and Chief of the British General Staff Sir Alan Brooke during the meeting.

A sentry at the entrance to the American military cemetery.

Officers lay a wreath at the flagpole with the American flag flying from it.

US President Roosevelt and French General Henri Giraud converse, sitting in armchairs on the villa grounds; the faces of Giraud and Roosevelt are visible.

General Giraud, Roosevelt, General de Gaulle, and Churchill are sitting in armchairs on the lawn in front of the villa; de Gaulle and Giraud stand, shake hands, and sit down.