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Ifni War

BelligerentsSpainWest AfricaFrench Union (1958) MauritaniaMoroccoArmy of LiberationAllied Sahrawi tribesCommanders and leadersFrancisco FrancoCharles De GaulleStrength15,300 men 10,300 Spanish troops5,000 French troops 150 aircraft 30,000 menCasualties and losses 190 dead500 wounded80 missing 800–1,000 dead 7 civilian deathsThe Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War (la Guerra Olvidada) 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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