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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 ...
Spanish-Moroccan conflicts (since 1492): Conquest of Melilla (1497) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543) ... Rif War (1920–1926) Ifni War (1957–1958)
Morocco recognises Spanish rule of Melilla. Spain cedes territories to Morocco. 600 dead or wounded: Dutch-Moroccan War (1775–1777) Alaouite Sultanate: Dutch Republic: Defeat. Release of all Dutch slaves. Freeing of the Dutch Republic from paying tributes and sending gifts to Morocco. Several ships destroyed and captured: Capture of the Rif ...
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.
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 ...
September 1627 C.E. Civil War During the Reign of Zidan al-Nasir 1492 C.E. — 1898 C.E. Spanish colonial campaigns 1278 C.E. — 1958 C.E. Hispano-Moroccan wars
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The Rif War (Tarifit: ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⵉ ⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⴼ, romanized: Amenɣi n Arif, Arabic: حرب الريف, romanized: ḥarb ar-rīf, Spanish: Guerra del Rif) was an armed conflict fought from 1921 to 1926 between Spain (joined by France in 1924) and the Berber (Amazigh) tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco.