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Rif War
Rif Wars: Campaigns in the Rif 1893 - 1927
Posted 18 May 2002
Spanish Officers
and Rif Tribesmen
This section covers the Spanish contribution to the Scramble for Africa including all three of the Rif Wars:
- 1893-94: Rif War or First Rif War or Melilla War or Margallo War
- 1909-10: Rif War or Second Rif War
- 1920-26: Rif War or Third Rif War
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 Francisco Franco made their names leading Regulares in the Moroccan campaigns between 1912 and 1920, i.e. in a period outside the official wars.
- Timeline
- Order of Battle
- Painting Guide
- 15mm Figures
- Wargaming Rules
- Biographies
- Geography
- SOTCW
- John Arnall
- Sources
Look else where for other Spanish-Moroccan Wars: Spanish-Moroccan War (1859-60), Ifni War (1957-58) and conflict in Spanish Sahara (1956-76).