Battle of Annual

When

22 Jul 1921 – 9 Aug 1921

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

35.12° N, 3.58° W

Description

1921 battle during the Rif War

1921 battle of the Rif War

The Battle of Annual was fought on 22 July 1921 at Annual, in northeastern Morocco, between the Spanish Army and Riffian Berbers during the Rif War. The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, which is almost always referred to by the Spanish as the Disaster of Annual which is widely considered to be the worst defeat ever suffered by the modern Spanish Army.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rif War: Battle of Annual – Spanish troops are dealt a crushing defeat at the hands of Abd el-Krim in Morocco”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Berber greifen die spanischen Stellungen bei Annual im nordöstlichen Marokko direkt an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “guerre du Rif, terrible défaite des troupes espagnoles contre Abd el-Krim, à la bataille d’Anoual”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Рифская война: в ходе пятидневного сражения под Аннуалем войска Абд аль-Крима разбили испанскую армию генерала Мануэля Фернандеса Сильвестра”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la población de Annual (Marruecos) los bereberes rifeños vencen a los españoles en la masacre de Annual”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第3次リーフ戦争: アンワールの戦いでスペイン軍がリーフ共和国軍に敗退。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Rif War8 Jun 1911 · War