Category: Morocco

Europe 1844

Franco-Moroccan War

By 1844, the French had consolidated their...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1905

Maji Maji Rebellion

In 1905 revolt broke out in German East Africa...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1906

Conquest of the Sahara

The first French military expeditions crossed...

Europe 1906

Tangier Crisis

Germany viewed the Entente Cordiale as a...

Europe 1911

Agadir Crisis

In 1911, France sent troops to suppress a...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1911

Neukamerun

In 1911 France sent troops to suppress a...

Europe 1912

Italo-Turkish War

In October 1911 Italy invaded the Ottoman...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1913

French invasion of the Tibesti

The Anglo-French Treaty of 1899 placed the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914

Amalgamation of Nigeria

By the 1910s the British had mostly pacified...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1939

Spanish Civil War in Africa

In July 1936 the Spanish Civil War broke out,...

Europe 1942

El Alamein and Operation Torch

In November, the tide turned in the Western...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1942

Three French Empires

In November 1942 the Allies landed in Vichy...

Europe 1942

Failure of Winter Storm

Convinced that the Sixth Army could still be...

the Arctic 1942

Arctic Convoys

In early 1942, Germany moved air and naval...

Europe 1943

Tunisia Campaign

The Allied successes in North Africa had...