Hotel St. Georges

For the hotel in Beirut, Lebanon see St. Georges Hotel, Beirut and for other St. George and St. Georges Hotels see St. George Hotel

Hotel St. Georges in Algiers

The Hotel St. Georges was a Hostel on Rue Michelet Avenue in Algiers. It was a widely popular hotel for wealthy spinsters touring the Mediterranean Sea. During World War II it served as the headquarters for the French Navy. Hotel St. Georges served as a meeting place for French Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan and American General Mark Clark.[1] The Hotel is also known for hosting in room 141 the planning headquarters, known as Force 141, for General Eisenhower in his new role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in North Africa following the Casablanca Conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill in January 1943. By mid-February 1943 it was here that the July target date and tactics for the allied invasion of Sicily were chosen for the successful Operation Husky.[2]

The name has since been changed to Hotel El Djezair.

References
  1. Atkinson, Rick "An Army at Dawn" pg 120-121.
  2. Mayo, Lida (1991) "The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and Battlefront." Chapter IX, pp 152. In "United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services." Center of Military History, United States Army: Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-60000. (First printed 1968) https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Beachhd_Btlefrnt/ChapterIX.html

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