Casablanca+Conference

It was the first war conference between the Allied Powers (January 14th - January 24th, 1943). The conference was designed to create a strategy to end the war and in the end it did set some direction for the rest of the war. Most importantly the terms of //*unconditional surrender// were established. The most significant accomplishment of the Casablanca Conference was the approval by both Roosevelt (US President at the time) and Churchill (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time) of the policy of unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. If it wasn't for this conference the Allied Powers may not have insisted on unconditional surrender; Hitler could have negotiated a peace settlement and continued to be in power and cause more trouble.
 * What was the Casablanca Conference?**
 * What did it do?**

//*Unconditional Surrender// was the demand that the Axis powers surrender to the Allies without any negotiations. U.S President, Franklin D. Roosevelt first voiced this policy after the Casablanca Conference, January 1943. This brought the end of the war in 1945.

__Axis Powers:__ Political and military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan. They wanted to get vast expansion through serious and hard warfare. - Fought against the Allied Powers __Allied Powers:__ The nations, primarily Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States, allied against the Axis during World War II.
 * Major Powers of the Axis: Germany, Japan and Italy (Italy later fought against the Axis).
 * Minor Powers of the Axis: Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia.
 * Neutral, but aiding the Axis: Spain
 * Major Powers of the Ally Powers: United kingdom, Soviet Union, United states of America.
 * Minor Ally Powers: a lot more than the axis powers (Can be found here if you’re interesting)

Peace. Peace is worth fighting for; that may be the most oxymoron thing you’ll read today, but it’s true. The Casablanca Conference was held to decide a plan to end the war and create peace. It’s sad that we can’t all just agree on things from the beginning, but if that’s how it’s got to be then we just have to accept that war is inevitable. Since the Casablanca Conference established the Unconditional Surrender policy it essentially established peace between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers (even if Hitler wasn’t too thrilled to have lost).
 * What is worth fighting for?**

Being American means to want for a better life. We started in Britain but were unhappy, so we found a new land, America. For years we built and created the America we know now, but look at all the things we had to go through; it wasn’t easy.
 * What does it mean to be an American?**

WWII almost didn’t involve America at all, but when it did we helped to stop it almost immediately. I like to think Americans aren’t as selfish as people think; look at all we’ve done! Being American means to want for a better life not only for us, but for everyone. We’re hesitant to help other because we barely have enough resources for ourselves, but even with this hesitance we still do because, despite what most people think, it is the best interest of us to help other people and other nations.

**Bibliography:**
__Information__ "The Casablanca Conference." Welcome to the Niskayuna Central Schools Web Server. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. . //Though this site has not been evaluated yet by easybib it seems very credible to me; the information is presented in a way that is easy to read and understand. Everything is clearly defined which I admire. I also enjoyed that they embedded political cartoons into certain phrases; I thought it was very clever and unique.//

"Casablanca Conference." Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs. Department of State, 2011. Web. 11 Jan 2012. . //The thing I immediately noticed and liked about this site was that it's a ".gov"; this shows me right off that it's probably a credible source. The information was short and sweet, which I liked. It got me straight to the point! I have no doubt in my mind that this site is credible; the top of the site reads, "U.S Department of State. Office of the Historian."//

Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. . //Well, to start off, easybib thinks this site is credible which is of course good news. But, I mean, it's Britannica Online, do I even need easybib's opinion? I barely feel the need to even type an annotated bibliography for Britannica, seeing as it's pretty much the best encyclopedia on the net according to...well, everyone! Duh. I would use Britannica for everything.//

__Pictures:__ Welcome to the Niskayuna Central Schools Web Server. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. .

"Casablanca Conference; Giraud, Henri; Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Gaulle, Charles De; Churchill, Winston -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. .