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Event war Europe

Rif War

1921 CE – 1926 CE

Berber leader Abd el-Krim defeated a Spanish army of 20,000 at Annual (1921) — one of the worst colonial defeats in history — and proclaimed an independent Rif Republic.

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1921–1926 war between Spain and Riffian tribes of Morocco

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Conflict · Europe

Rif War

1921 CE – 1926 CE

Berber leader Abd el-Krim defeated a Spanish army of 20,000 at Annual (1921) — one of the worst colonial defeats in history — and proclaimed an independent Rif Republic. It took a combined Franco-Spanish force of 250,000 and the use of chemical weapons to finally defeat him.

Standing in 1921 CE

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