Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mamwe ekutanga kudyidzana kwaMohammed V nevemunyika akauya panguva yedambudziko rakakonzerwa neanonzi "Berber Dahir". Pakati pezvimwe zvinhu panguva ino, sultan akagamuchira nhume kubva kuFez iyo yakapa runyorwa rwekunyunyuta pamusoro pemutemo mutsva weFrance, uye vakaita hurukuro naAllal al-Fassi kwaakaratidza kuti akange atsauswa nekugara kweFrance paakazvisayina uye akapika kuti aisazopazve kodzero yenyika yake. Sultani akazvidzora pakushamwaridzana pachena neboka renyika muma1930, asi zvakadaro akaramba kuedza kweFrance kushandura mazwi eProtectorate mukati memakore epakati pehondo. Akasimbisazve kuvimbika kweMorocco kuFrance muna 1939, pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Pashure pokuwa kweFrance kuvaGermany nokuuya kwehurumende yeVichy, zvisinei, sultan akawedzera kuronga nzira yake, achibudirira kusundira zvimwe zvigadziridzo zvine chokuita nedzidzo, kunyange sezvo hurumende yeVichy yakamukurudzira kuita nzendo dzakawanda dzakaparidzirwa kunze kwenyika kuti asimbise kutenderwa kwake uye kwehurongwa hwekoloni. Muna 1942 maAllies akasvika pamhenderekedzo yeAtlantic yeMorocco
sorutivi rwekupinda kwavo muNorth Africa vachipesana nechisimba cheAxis. Shanduko iyi yakakosha yakapawo sultan nzvimbo yakawanda yezvematongerwo enyika, uye panguva yeAnfa Conference muna 1943, iyo vatungamiriri veAllied vakapinda, Mohammed V akasiyiwa ari ega panguva imwechete neMutungamiri Roosevelt, avo vakaratidza kutsigira kuzvimiririra kweMoroccan mushure mehondo. Musangano wacho wakanga uri wokutanga waSultan kuonana nomumwe mutungamiriri wenyika pasina kuvapo kwevakuru vakuru veFrance. Mumatsutso egore rimwe chetero, sultan akakurudzira kuumbwa kwebato repamutemo reIstiqlal ("Independence") uye kugadzirwa kweManifesto yeRusununguko iyo yaidaidzira umambo hwebumbiro remitemo nemasangano ezvematongerwo enyika.