ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 looks into the attitude of the Republic towards the Moroccan soldiers. Given the primary role of the Moroccans in the war, their reputation for savagery, as well as traditional Spanish prejudices, the Republicans often offered no quarter to the Moroccans and Moroccan prisoners were often killed. A number of pro-Republican international communists tried to mend these attitudes, and to incite Moroccans to desert to the Republicans. Most of these efforts failed to achieve their goals. The Moroccans themselves viewed the Republicans in extremely negative terms, accusing them of savagery towards them, while some of them admitted to having retaliated with cruelty against said savagery. A small group of North Africans, mainly from the French Maghreb fought for the Republic, though the Republicans maintained a suspicious attitude towards them as Maghrebi Muslims. Efforts to organize a rebellion in Spanish Morocco against the Nationalists were partly hampered by lack of serious efforts on the part of the Republic, the fear of antagonizing France which did not desire an energized Moroccan nationalist movement, as well as the continued suspicious attitude towards Moroccans in general.
