Ifni–Sahara War

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armed conflict colonial war war

The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guerra de Ifni	2
Ifni–Sahara War canonical	1
Western Sahara conflict (1950s)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ colonial war ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Forgotten War ⓘ Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ surface form: Guerra de Ifni
belligerent	Army of Liberation ⓘ Francoist Spain ⓘ Moroccan-backed insurgents ⓘ Spain ⓘ
casusBelli	Moroccan irredentist claims over Spanish-controlled territories ⓘ
colonialPower	Spain ⓘ
colonialTerritoryInvolved	Ifni territory ⓘ Spanish Sahara ⓘ Spanish North Africa ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Africa
combatantType	irregular guerrilla forces ⓘ regular Spanish forces ⓘ
conflictIn	Cold War era ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Spain ⓘ
duration	several months ⓘ
endDate	1958-06 ⓘ
followedBy	gradual Spanish withdrawal from Ifni ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	post–World War II decolonization ⓘ
hasCause	territorial dispute between Spain and newly independent Morocco ⓘ
insurgentSupporter	Morocco ⓘ
mainTheater	enclave of Ifni on the Atlantic coast ⓘ southern regions of Spanish Sahara ⓘ
notableFeature	limited international attention ⓘ use of local indigenous troops by Spain ⓘ
opponentGoal	end Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and Spanish Sahara ⓘ
partOf	decolonization of Africa ⓘ
place	Ifni ⓘ Northwest Africa ⓘ Spanish Sahara ⓘ
precededBy	end of French and Spanish protectorates in Morocco ⓘ
relatedTo	Ifni ⓘ Western Sahara conflict ⓘ surface form: Moroccan War of Independence Spanish Sahara ⓘ Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
result	Spanish military victory ⓘ maintenance of Spanish control over Ifni and key parts of Spanish Sahara ⓘ
scale	limited regional conflict ⓘ
startDate	1957-11 ⓘ
supportedBy	France ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1950s ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement	agreements leading to later retrocession of Ifni to Morocco ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Ifni War → alsoKnownAs → Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ

Army of Liberation → conflict → Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara conflict (1950s)

Ifni–Sahara War → alsoKnownAs → Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guerra de Ifni

Forgotten War → alsoKnownAs → Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guerra de Ifni