What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1925
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 35.17° N, 5.27° W
- Description
- 1925 bombardment
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bombardment of Chefchaouen
1925 bombardment
The Bombardment of Chefchaouen was an aerial bombardment of Chefchaouen, Morocco carried out in the middle of the Rif War by a rogue American squadron in the service of the French colonial empire, the Escadrille Cherifienne, on September 17, 1925. The bombing of Chefchaouen, in which civilians were largely the victims, was one of the first ever bombings of civilians by airplane in history.
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