Zaian War
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The Zaian War was fought between France and the Zaian Confederation of Berber tribes in Morocco between 1914 and 1921 during the French conquest of Morocco. Morocco had become a French protectorate in
General Mangin entering Marrakesh on 9 September 1912
Louis-Hubert Lyautey c. 1908
The routes of the French columns that marched on Khénifra
A modern image showing the landscape near Khénifra
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.
Zaian War
…unable to face the French in direct confrontation and had to continue to rely on ambushes and raids. This contrasted with the Spanish experience in the Rif War of 1920–26, in which tribes with access to such weapons were able to inflict defeats upon the Spanish Army in the field, such as at the Battle of Annual…
(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