S trategic D ilemmas of C olonization: F rance and M orocco during the G reat W ar.

An essay is presented on how France retained possession of Morocco during World War I. It discusses the ways in which France was able to fight foreign wars in the Middle East, North Africa, and Italy in addition to engaging in military operations on the Western Front of World War I. The article argues that France had developed a conventional army and two colonial armies, the Armée d’Afrique and the Chasseurs d'Afrique.