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The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (la Guerra Olvidada), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in November 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni. The city of Sidi Ifni had been ceded to the Spanish Empire in 1860 at the end of the Hispano-Moroccan ...
Moroccan losses; Ifni War (1957–1958) Morocco: Spain. Spanish West Africa; France. French Mauritania; Victory. No longer tied down in conflicts with the French, committed a significant portion of its resources and manpower to gain independence from Spain. Treaty of Angra de Cintra; Mohammed V: 1,000 killed [13] Rif Revolt (1958–1959 ...
The Spanish occupation of Ifni led to violent clashes between Spanish forces and Saharan resistance fighters starting on 10 April 1957. [6] At the same time, resistance against French colonial rule emerged on the Mauritanian side, led by the Mauritanian Berber tribe of Reguibat, with support from nearly 1,200 Moroccan soldiers from the Moroccan ...
Spanish-Moroccan conflicts (since 1492): Conquest of Melilla (1497) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543) Capture of La Mámora (1614) Siege of Mamora (1681) Siege of Larache (1689) Siege of Asilah (1690–1691) Siege of Oran (1693) Siege of Melilla (1694–1696) Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) Hispano-Moroccan War (1790–1791) Hispano-Moroccan ...
Borders of the Ifni territory before and after the war. After Moroccan independence, the Moroccan Army of Liberation attacked the territory between November 1957 and July 1958. The attacks began on 23 November 1957, [5] [6] [2] beginning the War of Ifni. However, the city was supplied by sea and air and protected by outposts.
Drama, History. Gen. Franco prepares his uprising against the Republic from Spanish Morocco, 1936 1986 Spain Voyage to Nowhere: El viaje a ninguna parte: Fernando Fernán Gómez: Comedy, Drama. Comedy-drama based on director's novel. Travelling comedy troupe during war and post-war Francoist Spain: 1987 Spain To the four winds: A los cuatro vientos
It includes 1957 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for war films released in the year 1957 . It does not include unreleased films.
The Treaty of Angra de Cintra, signed by Spain and Morocco on 1 April 1958, ended the Spanish protectorate in Morocco and helped end the Ifni War.. The Spanish foreign minister, Fernando María Castiella y Maíz, and his Moroccan counterpart, Ahmed Balafrej, as well as their respective secretaries, met on the Bay of Cintra [a] in the Spanish colony of Río de Oro between 31 March and 2 April ...