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Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of ...
The Naval Battle of Casablanca was a series of naval engagements fought between American ships covering the invasion of North Africa and Vichy French ships defending the neutrality of French Morocco in accordance with the Second Armistice at Compiègne during World War II.
Casablanca (film) Casablanca Conference; Casablanca directive; Casablanca–Anfa Airport; Naval Battle of Casablanca; N. Nouasseur Air Base This page was ...
Casablanca under control of Vichy France. October: Forced labour camp established by the Germans. [9] 1942 November: Forced labour camp dissolved. [9] 8–16 November: Naval Battle of Casablanca. 26 November: American fictional movie Casablanca released. [10] 1943 - January: Allied Casablanca Conference held. [11] [12] 1949 - Raja Club Athletic ...
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The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) or Anfa Conference [1] was held in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II.
In the first half of the 20th century, Casablanca had many movie theaters, such as Cinema Rialto, Cinema Lynx and Cinema Vox, the largest in Africa when it was built. [132] [133] [134] The 1942 American film Casablanca is set in Casablanca and has had a lasting impact on the city's image although it was filmed in the United States. [135]
The Pacha of Casablanca, Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Zaid as-Slawi, captive on the French cruiser Galilée, which bombed Casablanca from 5–7 August 1907. Over three days of bombs raining down from the French warships, followed by carnage and pillaging from troops on the ground, what had been a prosperous city of 30,000 inhabitants was transformed into a ...