Fez, Morocco financing sharifian families as a way to legitimize their (in essence secular) rule: From the 14th century onwards hundreds of families throughout Morocco claimed descent from Idris I, especially in Fez and the Rif mountains. In this regard they can be seen as the enablers of the latter sharifian dynasties of Morocco. The 1465 Moroccan revolt in 1465 overthrew the last Maranid sultan. In 1474 the Marinids were replaced by their relatives of the Wattasid dynasty, who faithfully (but for a large part unsuccessfully) continued Marinid policies. After the fall of the Marinids, the city remained the capital of Morocco
Morocco in World War II Morocco in World War II During World War II, Morocco, then a French protectorate, was controlled by Vichy France from 1940 to 1942 after the occupation of France. However, after the North African Campaign, Morocco was under Allied control, and thus was active in Allied operations until the end of the war. In 1940, after France became subject to the German occupation, France was divided into two regions. One was occupied by German forces and the other was under French control, with its capital in Vichy. The latter became the Vichy regime, which controlled Southern Morocco. Post the 1942 landings,