282: Morocco: The Rif War

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

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Morocco: The Rif War In today's episode, Tom and Dominic discuss the Rif War, predecessor to the Spanish Civil War, set in 1920s Morocco, featuring Franco, Petain, Islamic tribesmen, American airmen and much more... Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the rest of this history. We are continuing with our World Cup marathon.
0:15.6	And today Dominic is Morocco or Mauritania, as I prefer to think of it.
0:21.2	You don't call Morocco Mauritania, do you?
0:24.2	We went talking to Romans.
0:26.8	Okay, fair enough. So Morocco, Tom, how are with Moroccan history?
0:32.4	Are you sort of post-Roman Moroccan history?
0:35.6	Well, I, obviously it's from Morocco that the Mares invade Spain.
0:40.0	Yep.
0:40.4	So I know about that.
0:41.2	Yep.
0:41.7	And I know about the way in which once the Reconquista in Spain
0:46.0	has been pushed back, Spanish and Portuguese forces are endlessly dipping their toes into
0:52.0	Moroccan affairs and then the French pylons don't they?
0:55.1	They do.
0:56.0	And there's all kinds of shenanigans in Tangier with various loose
1:03.2	behavior from...
1:04.2	There is loose, early 27 trees.
1:06.6	Kenneth Williams used to go to Morocco on holiday with Joe Warton.
1:10.1	John Genet?
1:11.5	Yeah, we will not be proud.
1:13.1	We will not be discussing any of that.
1:14.9	That's more insoluborous end of the Moroccan history spectrum.
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