. "Casablanca directive"@en . . "The Casablanca directive was approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCOS) of the Western Allies at their 65th meeting on 21 January 1943 and issued to the appropriate the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces commanders on 4 February 1943. The CCOS met during the Casablanca Conference when the Allies were deciding the future strategy of the war. The directive set out a series of priorities for the strategic bombing of Germany by the air forces based in the UK (RAF Bomber Command and US Eighth Air Force. With modification in June, making German fighters (part of their main defence against Allied bombers) an \"intermediate target \" and the primary goal, it gave direction to the combined (USAAF and RAF) bombing offensive known as Operation Pointblank."@en . "The Casablanca directive was approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCOS) of the Western Allies at their 65th meeting on 21 January 1943 and issued to the appropriate the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces commanders on 4 February 1943. The CCOS met during the Casablanca Conference when the Allies were deciding the future strategy of the war."@en . . . . . . .