Rif War - Wikipedia
On 1 July 1921, the Spanish army in north-eastern Morocco under Fernández Silvestre collapsed when defeated by the forces of Abd el-Krim, in what became known in Spain as the disaster of Annual, some 8,000 soldiers and officers reported killed or disappeared out of some 20,000.
List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco - Wikipedia
Spanish-Moroccan conflicts (since 1492): Conquest of Melilla (1497) Capture of La Mámora (1614) Siege of Mamora (1681) Siege of Larache (1689) Siege of Asilah (1692) Siege of Oran (1693) Siege of Melilla (1694–1696) Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) Hispano-Moroccan War (1790–1791) Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860) First Melillan campaign ...
Rif War | Facts, History, & Outcome | Britannica
Tension between colonial Spanish forces and Rif peoples in northern Morocco culminated in a series of guerrilla attacks led by Berber leader Abd el-Krim on Spanish fortifications in June–July 1921. Within weeks, Spain lost all of its territory in the region.
4. Spanish Morocco/Berbers (1909-1927) - University of Central Arkansas
Some 18,000 government troops were killed at the Sheshuan (Xauen) garrison and during a campaign by a Spanish relief force of 40,000 soldiers to evacuate the garrison. Mohamed Abd el-Krim released 290 government soldiers and 40 civilians for ransom on January 27, 1923.
Spanish protectorate in Morocco - Wikipedia
The Spanish lost more than 13,000 soldiers at Annual in July–August 1921. Controversy in Spain over the early conduct in the war was a driving factor behind the military coup by General Miguel Primo de Rivera in 1923 which foreshadowed the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39.
Franco’s Recruitment of Moroccans in Spanish ... - Morocco …
2012年7月9日 · During Spain’s three-year long fratricide, Franco’s authorities found themselves obliged to enlarge the number of soldiers in their ranks to overcome Republican resistance. Two factors played in...
The Spanish-Moroccan Military Campaigns in the Context of …
Abstract: This essay explores the broader context of the Spanish army ’s Moroccan campaigns during the first decades of the twentieth century and the relatively peaceful period of occupation thereafter. It does so by comparing the military history of …
“Brother” North: Morocco’s Involvement in the Spanish Civil War
2013年1月4日 · Spanish officials in Morocco established three distinct troops that entered the Spanish Civil War unified under the name of El Ejército de África (Army of Africa): La Policía Indígena (Indigenous Police) which grew into Las Regulares (The Regulars), Los Legionarios (The Legionaries), and the Mehalas Jalifianas (Halifian Troops).
Moroccans in the Spanish Civil War - Historias
2020年12月7日 · Thousands of Moroccans fought on the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War, but few know what the experience was like for these men beyond propagandistic stereotypes. Ali Al Tuma, one of the last researchers to be able to interview Moroccan veterans, discusses what he learned about why they joined and what their experiences were.
The Rif War - Weapons and Warfare
2020年5月15日 · The Rifis had the double advantage of fighting to protect their homes and families from foreign invaders and doing so on their own treacherous mountain terrain. Between July and August 1921, Abd el-Krim’s forces decimated the Spanish army in Morocco, killing some 10,000 soldiers and taking hundreds prisoner.