Tag Archives: Casablanca

This week in the War, 11–17 January 1943: The Casablanca Conference

Posted on January 14, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 14 January 1943, a conference of world leaders opened in Casablanca—a venue familiar to the American and British publics through the recently released Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman movie, Casablanca. Churchill and Roosevelt attended, as did de … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 23–29 November 1942: Casablanca—The Movie

Posted on November 24, 2014 by secondbysecond

With the Moroccan port of Casablanca in Allied hands following Operation Torch, American cinema audiences were treated to the first screening of the movie Casablanca. The film opened in New York City, this week in the war, on 26 November … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 2–8 November 1942: Operation Torch

Posted on November 8, 2014 by secondbysecond

On the morning of 8 November 1942, an Anglo-American expeditionary force commanded by American general, Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed in the vicinities of Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, in Vichy-French North Africa. Operation Torch, which had first been discussed by Roosevelt … Continue reading →

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Book review: Seducing Ingrid Bergman

Posted on July 9, 2013 by secondbysecond

‘Cast down, her lashes are so long, I notice, they almost touch her cheeks. When she looks up, her face lifts out of shadow. Her eyes are slices of paradise.’ Such is the evocative and wonderfully vivid prose that runs … Continue reading →

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