1943
President Roosevelt confers with British Prime Minister Churchill at Casablanca, Morocco, concerning military strategy. They agree to demand unconditional surrender from the Axis Powers.

General Eisenhower becomes Commander-in Chief of all Allied forces in North Africa. U.S. forces capture Bizerte, Tunisia, and combine with the British to drive the Axis forces out of Africa.

U.S. bombers sink Japanese convoy of 22 ships at the Battle of Bismarck.

General Eisenhower directs the invasions of Sicily and Italy. The U. S. Army under General George S. Patton, Jr. conquers Sicily. U. S. forces land south of Naples and push back German and Italian defenses.

President Roosevelt and Churchill attend war conference in Quebec. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin attend conference in Tehran. And Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek hold a meeting in Cairo.

Roosevelt repeals the Chinese Exclusion Acts.