Alhucemas landing

When

8 Sep 1925

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

35.25° N, 3.93° W

Description

1925 Franco-Spanish operation that ended the Rif War

1925 Franco-Spanish operation that ended the Rif War

The Alhucemas landing was a military amphibious landing which took place on 8 September 1925 at Alhucemas by the Spanish Army and Navy and by an allied French naval and aerial contingent, that would put an end to the Rif War. It is considered the first amphibious landing in history involving the use of tanks and massive seaborne air support.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les troupes espagnoles (), sous le commandement de Primo de Rivera, débarquent dans la baie d’Alhucemas et marchent vers le quartier général d’Abd el-Krim”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Marruecos, las fuerzas del dictador español Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870-1930) llevan a cabo el Desembarco de Alhucemas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page