Rif War
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The Rif War was an anti-colonial war fought from 1921 to 1926 between the indigenous Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco and Spain.
(clockwise from top left) Spanish Renault FT-17 stuck in a shellhole Alfonso XIII reviewing troops destined in the Rif Charge of the legionarios Spanish generals overlooking combat from Mount Gourougou Soldiers of the San Fernando Regiment climbing a defense wall Class B submarines of the Spanish Armada
Spanish troops in San Sebastián, prior to their departure to the war
General Fernández Silvestre in Melilla, 1921
Primo de Rivera (front row left) with King Alfonso XIII and other high-ranking Spanish officers
Abd el-Krim
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Mohammed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, better known as Abd el-Krim, was a Moroccan revolutionary, religious, political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif. He and his brother
Rif War
…from 1921 to 1926 between the indigenous Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco and Spain (joined by France in 1924). Led by Abd el-Krim, the Riffians attacked workers at 'Minas del Rif', an extremely rich, nearly pure magnetite iron mine, and at first inflicted several defeats on the…
Abd el-Krim in 1922
Abd el-Krim (far left) shown while he worked for the Native Affairs Office
Cell at the Kasbah of Chefchaouen, where Abdelkrim was imprisoned in 1916
Abd el-Krim in an interview with Luis de Oteyza for the "La Libertad" journal.