Army of Africa (Spain)

Army of Africa
Ejército de África
Active1912–1956
Country Spain
TypeArmy
RoleLand force
Size35,000 personnel (1909)
Part ofMinistry of Defence of Spain (from 1937)
Garrison/HQTétouan
EngagementsSecond Melillan campaign
Rif War
Asturian miners' strike of 1934
Spanish Civil War
Invasion of Val d'Aran
Ifni War

The Army of Africa (Spanish: Ejército de África, Arabic: الجيش الإسباني في أفريقيا, romanizedAl-Jaysh al-Isbānī fī Afriqā), also known as the Moroccan Army Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Ejército Marroquí'), was a field army of the Spanish Army that garrisoned the Spanish protectorate in Morocco from 1912 until Morocco's independence in 1956.

At the start of the 20th century, the Spanish Empire's colonial possessions in Africa comprised Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Cape Juby and Spanish Guinea.


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