Rif War
1921–1926 · Event
Abd el-Krim's Rif Republic humiliates Spain and holds off France for five years in the Moroccan mountains, until a joint Franco-Spanish force of half a million — using chemical weapons — crushes the rebellion. Franco and the Africanistas made their names here.
On these timelines: North Africa, Spanish Civil War, Spain, Master
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