1947 Casablanca massacre

Murder of 180 civilians on 7 April 1947 thumb|The Massacre of April 7, 1947 in Casablanca as reported in France-Soir on April 9.1947-04-09 France-soir https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4746453z 2023-01-31 Gallica EN The Massacre of April 7, 1947 (popularly in ary ضربة ساليغان darbat saligan 'Strike of the Senegalese,' more officially: ar مجزرة 7 أبريل 'Massacre of April 7' or ar أحداث 7 أبريل 'Events of April 7') was a massacre of working-class Moroccan civilians in Casablanca committed by Senegalese Tirailleurs in the service of the French colonial empire.«ضربة ساليغان».. مجزرة خلفت أزيد من 2000 ضحية بالبيضاء https://www.maghress.com/almassae/178829 2021-07-06 مغرس 2013-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20130501093549/http://maghress.com/almassae/178829 deadأحداث 7 أبريل 1947 بالدار البيضاء: صفحة مشرقة في سجل الكفاح الوطني من أجل الحرية والاستقلال https://www.maghress.com/map/8789 2021-07-06 مغرس 2018-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021425/https://www.maghress.com/map/8789 dead The attack was instigated by the French authorities in an attempt to disrupt the visit of Sultan Mohammad V to the Tangier International Zone to deliver the Tangier Speech demanding the independence of Morocco and the unification of its territories.The 1947 French massacre in Casablanca http://www.middleeasteye.net/video/1947-french-massacre-casablanca 2021-07-06 Middle East Eye en History In the days leading up to the sultan's speech, French colonial forces in Casablanca, specifically Senegalese Tirailleurs serving the French colonial empire, carried out a massacre of working class Moroccans. The massacre lasted for about 24 hours from 7–8 April 1947, as the tirailleurs fired randomly into residential buildings in working-class neighborhoods, killing 180 Moroccan civilians. The conflict was instigated in attempt to sabotage the Sultan's journey to Tangier, though after having returned to Casablanca to comfort the families of the victims, the Sultan then proceeded to Tangier to deliver the historic speech.Atlasinfo Evènements du 7 avril 1947 à Casablanca, un tournant décisif dans la lutte pour la liberté et l'indépendance https://www.atlasinfo.fr/Evenements-du-7-avril-1947-a-Casablanca-un-tournant-decisif-dans-la-lutte-pour-la-liberte-et-l-independance_a70631.html 16 March 2019 Atlasinfo.fr: l'essentiel de l'actualité de la France et du Maghreb 6 April 2016 fr September 2019 This ref was deleted Special:Diff/913075180 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/913050120 cite #2 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18Revisiting the colonial past in Morocco 2013 Routledge Maghraoui, Driss 978-0-415-63847-0 London 151 793224528 September 2019 This ref was deleted Special:Diff/913075180 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/913050120 cite #3 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18 April 7 Plaza (ar ساحة 7 أبريل) in Derb Kebir ar درب الكبير is named in memorial of the events.fa:الذكرى الـ 75 لأحداث 7 أبريل 1947 بالدار البيضاء.. استحضار لنضالات أبناء هذه الحاضرة المجاهدة في مسيرة الكفاح الوطني https://www.mapcasablanca.ma/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80-75-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-7-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84-1947-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/ Moroccan Press Agency (MAP) 2023-02-26 2023-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20230226091047/https://www.mapcasablanca.ma/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%80-75-%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ab-7-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%84-1947-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a/ dead References Morocco Category:1947 in Morocco Category:Military history of Casablanca Category:Massacres in 1947 Category:Massacres committed by France Category:Working class in Africa Category:Massacres in Morocco Category:French Morocco Category:20th-century mass murders in Morocco Category:1947 labor disputes and strikes Category:Labor disputes in Morocco