Casablanca- Historical Context
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- Created on: 16-03-21 16:29
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- Casablanca Historical Context
- Casablanca and Morocco in 1942
- important strategic port in WW2
- many refugees inc French resistance as it was the biggest Atlantic port in Africa
- many refugees stranded there as visas were hard to obtain
- Events in WW2 prior to film
- Pearl harbour was turning point making America join
- audience are aware of events on 7th Dec 1941
- Americans didn't want to join the war, film acted as persuasion that it was right
- Vichy France and Casablanca
- independent ally to Germany until Berlin took over, controlled Southern Morocco
- capital area of France not controlled by Nazis, allied area in Casablanca allowed war conferences
- Casablanca and Morocco in 1942
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