Army of Liberation

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The Army of Liberation was a Moroccan nationalist guerrilla force that fought to end Spanish colonial rule, notably participating in conflicts such as the Ifni War.

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Label Occurrences
Army of Liberation canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Moroccan nationalist guerrilla organization
armed resistance movement
activeIn Ifni
Spanish Sahara
southern Morocco
alliedWith Morocco
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco
conflict Ifni War
Ifni–Sahara War
surface form: Western Sahara conflict (1950s)
country Morocco
goal end Spanish colonial presence in Moroccan territories
support Moroccan territorial claims
ideology Moroccan nationalism
notableEvent attacks on Spanish positions in Ifni (1957–1958)
operations in Spanish Sahara (1957–1958)
opponent French Armed Forces
Spain
Spanish Armed Forces
opposedTo French colonial rule in Morocco
Spanish colonial rule in Morocco
partOf Moroccan anti-colonial struggle
relatedTo Ifni War
Western Sahara question
decolonization of North Africa
resultOfActivities weakening of Spanish control in southern Moroccan territories
status defunct
supportedBy Moroccan nationalists
local Sahrawi tribes
timePeriod 1950s
usedTactics cross-border raids
guerrilla warfare

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ifni War belligerent Army of Liberation
Ifni War combatant2 Army of Liberation
Ifni–Sahara War belligerent Army of Liberation