Morocco Honors World War II Soldiers Who Fought for France in Kenitra Ceremony

Organized on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the victory of May 8, 1945, it took place in the Kenitra cemetery and was presided over by Hélène Le Gal, the French ambassador to Morocco.

It is a ceremony "which takes on a particular resonance today with the war in Ukraine," the diplomat wrote on her Twitter account.

To recall, more than 85,000 Moroccans fought alongside France. More specifically, they distinguished themselves during the liberation of Corsica in September-October 1943, in the battles of the Garigliano in Italy, between 1943 and 1944, as well as in the landing in Provence, in August 1945, and the campaign to liberate France.