Ifni War

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The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Ifni War canonical 17

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Forgotten War
Ifni–Sahara War
belligerent Army of Liberation
Moroccan-backed irregular forces
Spain
cause Moroccan claims to former Spanish territories
territorial dispute over Ifni enclave
colonialPower Spain
combatant1 Spain
combatant2 Army of Liberation
conflictIn Cold War era
conflictType decolonization war
countryClaimingTerritory Morocco
endDate 1958-06
endedBy ceasefire agreements between Spain and Morocco
followedBy retrocession of Ifni to Morocco
involved Spanish Foreign Legion
surface form: Spanish Legion

Spanish colonial troops
Spanish paratroopers
location Ifni
Northwest Africa
Spanish North Africa
surface form: Spanish West Africa

southern Morocco
notableOperation Spanish counteroffensive in early 1958
opponent Moroccan nationalist fighters
Spanish Armed Forces
partOf post–World War II decolonization
process of Moroccan decolonization
peaceArrangement Anglo-Spanish-Moroccan negotiations
relatedTo Spanish colonial wars in Morocco
surface form: Moroccan War of Independence

Spanish Sahara conflict
result Spanish military victory
continued Spanish control of Ifni
transfer of parts of Spanish Sahara to Morocco in 1958
retrocessionDate 1969-06-30
startDate 1957-11
statusOfIfniAfterWar Spanish overseas province
supportedBy Morocco
theatre Ifni enclave
Spanish Sahara

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Subject: Ifni War
Description of subject: The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.

Referenced by (17)

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

Spanish Army significantEvent Ifni War
Legión Española conflict Ifni War
Spanish North Africa conflict Ifni War
La Legión engagement Ifni War
Ifni event Ifni War
Ifni decolonizationConflict Ifni War
Army of Liberation conflict Ifni War
Army of Liberation relatedTo Ifni War
Forgotten War hasName Ifni War
Forgotten War alsoKnownAs Ifni War
Ifni enclave historicalEvent Ifni War
Ifni enclave conflict Ifni War