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Spanish soldiers operate artillery cannons in a desert landscape near Melilla, with smoke billowing as a cannon fires during a 1930s battle. A group of uniformed soldiers digs trenches with shovels while others stand and watch on a dirt mound near Beni Sikar during the Rif War, circa 1930s. A soldier in a long coat and cap stands in front of an angular, armored tank with riveted metal plating while two men inspect the vehicle in the background. Spanish soldiers with horses and packed supplies gather on a cobblestone platform beside a train at a station in Madrid, Spain, preparing for departure in the 1930s. Spanish soldiers march in long columns across a barren landscape in Melilla, Spain, passing the body of a fallen Moorish police officer lying on the ground, circa 1930s. Group of Moorish prisoners with hands bound, guarded by armed countrymen in uniform, with mounted soldiers in the background, Melilla, Spain, circa 1930s. Three Moorish policemen in striped robes and turbans guard the entrance of a stone bunker, with two uniformed men standing nearby, circa 1930s. A group of men in traditional North African clothing sit and stand in an open wooden train car on a railway, with barren ground and buildings in the background.
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Civil War era cannon overlooks Kennesaw Mountain National Battle. (military, artillery, American history)
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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Rif War: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - The Rif War: A forgotten war? Dec 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - The plight of the Rif: Morocco�s restive northern periphery. Dec 14, 2023
Media added. Jun 24, 2019
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Rif War. May 18, 2018
Article thoroughly revised. Jul 23, 2014
Added new Web site: Wars of the World - The Rif War 1893. Jul 24, 2008
Article thoroughly revised. Sep 24, 2007
Added new Web site: Luso-Spanish Military History - Rif War. May 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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