RIF WAR

By lasilviii

  • INTRODUCTION

    it delimited the Spanish and French protectorates, whose administrative and geographical life began in 1907, a conflict in which French troops also participated, despite having mainly affected the Spanish troops.

  • RIF TRIBES AGRESION

    In 1909, the Rif tribes attacked the Spanish workers in the Rif iron mines, near Melilla, which led to the intervention of the Spanish Army.
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    LANDING OF LARACHE

    On the other hand, the military operations in Yebala, to the west of Morocco, had already begun in 1911 with the Landing of Larache, which meant the pacification of a large part of the most violent areas until 1914, a time interval of slow progress or stabilization of lines that lasted until 1919 because of the First World War

  • TREATY OF FEZ

    after the signing of the Treaty of Fez, the northern area of ​​Morocco was awarded to Spain as a protectorate, while the southern area would be awarded to France, also as a protectorate

  • ANNUAL

    In 1921 the Spanish troops suffered a serious disaster in Annual, in addition to a rebellion led by the Rif leader Abd el-Krim. The Spanish withdrew to a few fortified positions while El-Krim came to create an independent State that came to function as such, beyond paper: the Republic of the Rif
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    the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera in Spain

    The development of the confrontation and its end coincided with the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera in Spain, who was in charge of the campaign from 1924 to 1927.

  • THE BATTLE OF UARGA

    After the battle of Ouarga (1925), the French intervened fully in the conflict and established a collaboration with Spain that culminated in a landing in Al Hoceima.
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    THE END OF THE BATTLE

    Towards 1926 the zone had been pacified, surrendering Abd-el-Krim in July 1927 and obtaining the reconquest of the previously lost territory.

  • CONSEQUENCES

    Spanish-French victory and pacification of the area and dissolution of the Republic of the Rif

  • MOROCCAN INDEPENDENCE

    This war left a deep memory both in Spain and in Morocco. After Moroccan independence in 1956, a Rif revolt against Sultan Mohamed V of Morocco still took place, a sequel to the previous armed conflict.