García de Gabiola, Javier

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish. Spain, had been fighting in North Africa (...)

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish.The second volume of The Rif War begins (...)

UNA CONTIENDA OLVIDADA QUE FORJÓ EL DESTINO DE ESPAÑA En el escarpado norte de Marruecos, la guerra del Rif fue mucho más que un conflicto colonial: fue una batalla encarnizada que marcó el futuro del Ejército español y dejó cicatrices imborrables en la historia. A menudo eclipsada por el mito (...)