Spanish Occupation Of Tangier (1940–1945)
The Spanish occupation of Tangier between 1940 and 1945 was a temporary enlargement of Spanish Morocco during World War II. History During World War II, the Tangier International Zone The Tangier International Zone (; ; ) was a international zone centered on the city of Tangier, Morocco, which existed from 1925 until its reintegration into independent Morocco in 1956, with interruption during the Spanish occupation of Tang ... was invaded and occupied by Francoist Spain. On 14 June 1940, a few days after the Italian invasion of France, Italian declaration of war after the Battle of France, German invasion of France, Spain seized the opportunity and, amid the collapse of the French Third Republic, a contingent of 4,000 Moorish soldiers based in the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Spanish Morocco occupied the Tangier International Zone, meeting no resistance. Historians claim that it was done with the excuse that it was a prevention of a possible Kingdom of Italy, Italian ...
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