Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill24 November 1943
Confirms British committment to Overlord at the Cairo Conference
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Confirms British committment to Overlord at the Cairo Conference
Japan will lose Pacific Islands seized since the beginning of World War I
Operation Buccaner is agreed at the Cairo Conference
Stalin turns down the invitation to appear at the Cairo Conference
British Chiefs of Staff propose guerilla war in Yugoslavia, Greece & Albania
British Chiefs of Staff propose opening the Dardanelles to Russia
British Chiefs of Staff propose pushing the offensive in Italy to the Pisa-Rimini line
Efforts are made to bring Turkey into the war on the side of the Allies & discussions at Tehran with Russia
Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhowers appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt
Proposes sending 2 Divisions to south France as a diversion to Overlord
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