Editing French protectorate in Morocco (section)

====World War I====
[[File:Exposition of Moroccan Art 1917.png|thumb|An advertisement for an art exhibition for the benefit of Moroccan troops wounded serving France in WWI. It features an [[Orientalism|orientalist]] painting by [[Joseph de La Nézière]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/4577/|title=Exhibition of Moroccan Art|date=1917|website=www.wdl.org|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>]]

France recruited infantry from Morocco to join its ''[[troupes coloniales]]'', as it did in its other colonies in Africa and around the world. Throughout [[World War I]], a total of 37,300–45,000 Moroccans fought for France, forming a "[[Moroccan Division (France)|Moroccan Brigade]]."<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":1" /> Moroccan colonial troops first served France in the [[First Battle of the Marne]], September 1914,<ref name=":1" /> and participated in every major battle in the war,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/culture/guerre-de-1914-18-les-soldats-marocains-dans-toutes-les-grandes-batailles_2045775.html|title=Guerre de 1914–18: les soldats marocains "dans toutes les grandes batailles"|date=1 November 2018|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> including in [[Third Battle of Artois|Artois]], [[Second Battle of Champagne|Champagne]], and [[Battle of Verdun|Verdun]].<ref name=":2" /> Historians have called these Moroccan soldiers "heroes without glory" as they are not and have not been given the consideration they merited through valor and sacrifice in the war.<ref name=":2"/> Brahim El Kadiri Boutchich identified the participation of Moroccan soldiers in the service of France in WWI as "one of the most important moments in the [[France–Morocco relations|shared history of Morocco and France]]."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/politics/2018/11/10/الجنود-المغاربة-في-الحرب-العالمية-الأولى-أبطال-بلا-مجد|title=الجنود المغاربة في الحرب العالمية الأولى: أبطال بلا مجد|last=الأشرف|first=الرباط ــ حسن|website=alaraby|language=ar|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>