What the records say
- When
- 21 Nov 1957 – 10 Apr 1958
- Kind
- Interstate war
- Deaths
- 1,122
- Coordinates
- 29.35° N, 10.19° W
- Total battle deaths
- 1122
Placed approximately by the source.
Ifni War
1957–58 war between Morocco and Spain
The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain, was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in November 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni.
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2 sources record it
- COW Inter-State War Data v4.0Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
- Wikidata: wars and rebellionsWikidata contributors · names it “Ifni War”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
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