History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1687 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Casablanca and Italy
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The idea
At Casablanca in January nineteen forty-three Churchill persuaded Roosevelt to invade Sicily before France, and Roosevelt announced that the Allies would accept only unconditional surrender.
In practice
A demand meant, the anchor says, to assure the Soviet Union that its allies would make no separate peace.
Where people slip
In Italy, the Yawp says, Mussolini's government turned on him and made peace.
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