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➡️ Thanks to Histoire & Civilisations for supporting the creation of this video! Take advantage of a great offer at Histoire & Civilisations: 10% off the 1-year subscription with special edition, with the code HC-QH24 on https://abo.histoire-et-civilisations... ++++++++++++++++++++ In 1921, while Morocco was under the protectorate of France and Spain, the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region openly opposed the Spanish. After the disaster of Anoual, which left more than 15,000 dead on the Iberian side, the Rif War began. Led by a charismatic leader, Abdelkrim al-Khattabi, the Riffians managed to hold the Spanish power in check. Faced with this elusive enemy, Spain turned to France, which intervened in the conflict. Let's go back to a forgotten colonial war: the Rif War. ++++++++++++++++++++ ???? Come and test your historical knowledge for free and compete against other players on Chronica, the application developed with several History YouTubers! ➡️ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ➡️ IOS: https://apps.apple.com/cm/app/chronic... ➡️ Website: https://www.dtda.fr/fr/chronica.html ++++++++++++++++++++ ➤Tipeee: http://bit.ly/2vd6Om1 ➤KissKissBankBank: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/p... ➤TikTok: / questions_dhistoire ➤Instagram: / questionsdhistoire ➤Facebook: / questiondhistoire ➤Twitter: / questiondhisto1 ➤Youtube: http://bit.ly/1WsHn5a ++++++++++++++++++++ ???? Bibliographic sources: Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse, The Rif War, Tallandier, 2020 Max Schiavon, The Rif War, Tempus Perrin, 2021 Michel Abitbol, History of Morocco, Tempus Perrin, 2014 ++++++++++++++++++++ ???? Internet links: A microcosm of the interwar period: The Rif War (1921-1926) and the reconfiguration of the Euro-Mediterranean imperial complex: https://journals.openedition.org/ccec... Air power in the Rif War: https://journals.openedition.org/rha/... The use of chemical weapons during the Rif War: https://journals.openedition.org/conf... ++++++++++++++++++++ ???? Music credits: AC Mirage OST Carter Burwell – Things Explode Yuval Ron – La Illaha Nigun Sound effects: Freesound.org ++++++++++++++++++++ ???? Video credit: Joel Calmettes – Berlin 1885: The Scramble for Africa (2010): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832902 ++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for watching! 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 – History & Civilizations Partnership 03:49 – Morocco until the 19th century 06:20 – Colonial pressures 09:50 – The French and Spanish protectorates 11:58 – The outbreak of the conflict: Anoual 13:44 – The Rif Republic 16:56 – France enters the war 19:36 – The legacy of the Rif War 21:30 – Outro