Encyclopedia entry: French Morocco

French Morocco, vast French North African protectorate of 6.25 million inhabitants, including 187,000 Europeans, whose sultan, Mohammed Ben Youssef, declared his support for France when the war started in September 1939. Its French resident-general, General Noguès , opposed the US landings at Casablanca in November 1942 (see North African campaign ), but remained at his post until the French Committee for National Liberation replaced him in June 1943 with Gabriel Puaux who kept the ...

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