1907: French Warships Bombarded Casablanca

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1907: French Warships Bombarded Casablanca

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:July 11, 2022
Post category:General
Reading time:1 min read

After the killing of nine European workers in Casablanca, French warships bombarded the city on August 2nd, 1907 in response. Later they were compelled to commit 15,000 troops to garrison Casablanca and ensure the safety of French citizens.

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Tadese Faforiji

Tadese Faforiji is the founder of Tadexprof, a travel and nature site covering world's destinations worth visiting. He started the site covering local travel in Nigeria and has since expanded it into US national park guides, with plans to document more of the world firsthand going forward.