Short answers, pulled from the story.
Before the 15th century, the settlement at what is now Casablanca had been called Anfa. European sources rendered this name variously as El-Anfa, Anafa or Anaffa, Anafe, Anife, Anafee, Nafe, and Nafee.
French control of Casablanca was formalized March 1912 when the Treaty of Fez established the French protectorate. General Hubert Lyautey assigned the planning of the new colonial port city to Henri Prost who designed both a European ville nouvelle and a new ville indigène for Moroccans.
Major General George S. Patton led the Western Task Force composed of American units that carried out invasions of Mehdia Fedhala and Asfi during Operation Torch. American forces captured Casablanca from Vichy control when France surrendered on the 11th of November 1942.
The Grand Casablanca region contributes MAD 93 billion to 44% of national industrial output while using 30% of national electricity production. The region attracts 32% of the country's production units and accounts for about 33% of national industrial exports worth MAD 27 billion.
The commune of Casablanca recorded a population of 3,359,818 in the 2014 Moroccan census with about 98% living in urban areas. Around 25% of the population are under 15 years old while 9% are over 60 years old.