Along with co-authors Charles Peppers and Todd C. Russ Ford was head chaplain on Virginia’s death row. Death row chaplain remembersįor 18 years, the Rev. So the final plan, stressed by Conroy, reflected Stalin’s known desire for a two-front war in Europe. Stalin could not go to Casablanca because this country had its back against the wall with the Nazi attacks on Leningrad and Moscow. William & Mary responded favorably to Marshall and gave Dill an honorary degree at a special April 1944 convocation. Marshall sought to have his friend recognized by American universities. His explanation of Dill’s important work in reaching the compromises is vital in relating the somewhat hostile and often argumentative conflicts between the British and American general staffs.Īs an addendum to the Dill story, Marshall was fearful in early 1944 that Churchill, who had no love for Dill, would recall him to London. Such a decision, however, took days for the chiefs to reach.ĭuring the Casablanca Conference, Conroy said Dill was the “bridge-building man” who worked between the two planning staffs that ultimately presented Roosevelt and Churchill with military strategy for 1943 and cross-channel landing in 1944 that they trusted would ensure victory.ĭill’s efforts earlier in Washington and then in Casablanca have not been given the attention they deserved until Conroy’s narrative. Together, they would hammer them “round-the-clock, and the devils will get no rest,” Churchill proclaimed. Conroy has masterfully crafted the stories behind and the 10-day conference itself in his new book, “The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War” (Simon & Schuster, 432 pgs., $34).Ĭonroy summed up the whole conference by quoting Winston Churchill’s report to the House of Commons upon his return from Casablanca, saying that the United States and Great Britain, once peaceful countries, were now “warrior nations” and needed to plan accordingly.Īmong the many planned attacks, Conroy wrote, the Americans would bomb the Germans by day while the British hit them at night. The Casablanca Conference in January 1943 laid out the plans to end World War II in Europe, but it was done without Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in attendance and not without a war of words for nearly two weeks between the British and American military chiefs of staff. Thursday, November 16th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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