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 …

Mar 19, 2008 · The Foreign Legion was formed in 1921 and their Legion uniform was chosen to be distinctive, i.e. not like the uniform of the conscripts. The main features were: Distinctive …

In 1912 the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco becomes official; an area in the north side of the country was given by the French colonial administration. That area included the mountainous …

Osprey Publications has released The Rif War 1921–26, Morocco's Berber Uprising as Number 257 in their Elite series. It is a soft cover book with 64 pages and is the standard Osprey …

May 27, 2023 · Officially the Rif wars spanned the years 1893-94, 1909-10, and 1920-26, but in reality this was a period of fairly continuous conflict. For example both Millán Astray and …

May 15, 2020 · The Rif War provoked grave concern in France. On a tour of his northern front in June 1924, Lyautey was alarmed to see how the defeat of Spanish forces left French positions …

Apr 7, 2010 · The Rif War was neither a small war among others, nor a WWI type battle; it was one of the first examples of modern irregular and asymmetric warfare. The French Army had …

May 18, 2002 · Most troops wore their traditional tribal dress, but some troops had distinctive uniforms (Fleming, 1991): Infantry officers (qa’id) wore green turbans with layers of red cord …

The Rif War, also called the Second Moroccan War, was fought in the early 1920s between the colonial power Spain (later assisted by France) and the Moroccan Berbers of the Rif …

Aug 8, 2009 · The Third Rif War started in 1920 with the failed Spanish attempt to conquer the Djebala.The next year saw the spectacular Spanish defeat known in Spain as the Disaster of …