Middle East 529
211 BELGIUM/731 NORTH KOREAMID#51
Started in June 1950. See the narrative in the 731 North Korea/732 South Korea dyad
dispute list.
220 FRANCE/600 MOROCCO
MID#86
Dispute Number: 86
Date(s): March 25, 1907 to April 1908
Participants: 220 France, 230 Spain/600 Morocco
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: The act of Algeciras in 1906 gave France and Spain the power to collect
customs revenues in the Moroccan ports opened to international commerce. Morocco
was currently divided by civil war and the presence of the Europeans did not help an
already tense time in the country. Before the French victory at the Algeciras confer-
ence, France had expansionist intentions for Morocco. The difficulty was to find an
event that the government was able to exploit to make those intentions a reality.
The opening the French government was waiting on occurred on March 19, 1907,
when a series of violent acts against Europeans took place as well as the assassination of a
French physician. Seizing this opportunity, the French government authorized the military
commander in western Algeria to cross the border and occupy the town of Oujda and its
surrounding areas six days later. Several months later an angry mob attacked and killed
eight European railroad workers on the outskirts of Casablanca on July 29. This caused
the French and Spanish governments to send out expeditionary forces to restore order in
Casablanca. In November 1907, a Moroccan revolt erupted in Oujda and was followed
by clashes between Moroccan and French forces. Another attack occurred that killed 19
French soldiers on April 16, 1908. The French response to this action was the capture of
the oasis of Bou Denib and neutralizing the hostile threat. This was the last challenge to
the French control over Oujda and the upper Guir.
Coding changes: End Date changed from March 23, 1908.
MID#3139
Dispute Number: 3139
Date(s): April 5, 1911 to March 30, 1912
Participants: 220 France/600 Morocco
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: This dispute describes the French intervention in Morocco that ultimately
led to the formation of French Morocco, a colonial holding of the republic that lasted
until 1956. France used the cover of the chaos caused by various tribes in Morocco