Morocco: The Rif War (TRIH ep 282)
1921 · Resource
In this World Cup Marathon episode on Morocco, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the Rif War of the early 20th century — a violent anti‑colonial conflict in the Rif Mountains of northern Morocco that peaked in the 1920s. Dominic outlines the rise of Mohammed Abdel Krim from a family once allied with Spain to leader of the Berber resistance, and the catastrophic Spanish defeat at Annual in July 1921 under General Manuel Fernández Silvestre. The hosts trace Spanish political fallout — s...
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- Discovery of penicillin (1928)
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- Wall Street Crash (1929)