Sub-Saharan Africa 1939: Spanish Civil War in Africa

In July 1936 the Spanish Civil War broke out, with the Spanish Nationalists quickly seizing power in Spanish Morocco. The rest of Spain's African empire soon followed suit and by mid-October the Nationalists were in control of the Spanish colonies in the Sahara and Guinea.

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17 Jul 1936–1 Apr 1939 Spanish Civil War ▲

When the leftist Popular Front narrowly won elections in Spain in February 1936, a group of officers of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces disputed the result and denounced the instability of the new government. Following months of tension between these two sides, Nationalist officers led by General Francisco Franco mounted a full-scale insurrection against the Republican government in July. The resultant civil war lasted almost three years, before the Nationalists—supported by Germany and Italy—defeated the Republicans—supported by the Soviet Union—and installed a right-wing dictatorship in Spain under Franco. in wikipedia

17–18 Jul 1936 Military uprising in Melilla ▲

Having planned to stage a coup in Spanish Morocco on 18 July 1936 only to discover that the authorities had been alerted the day before, Spanish Nationalist plotter Emilio Mola ordered the Army of Africa to immediately revolt and seize control in Melilla. The success of the uprising was transmitted to Ceuta and Tetuán, where rebel forces of the Spanish Legion quickly took control. The Nationalists took Larache the following morning, completing their seizure of Spanish Morocco that same day. in wikipedia

26 Aug 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 ▲

Britain and Egypt signed The Treaty of Alliance Between His Majesty, in Respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty, the King of Egypt on 26 August 1936, agreeing to recognize Egypt as a sovereign independent state. The treaty was to last 20 years and led to the withdrawal of all British troops from Egypt except for a ten thousand strong force in the Suez Canal Zone and a temporary eight-year garrison in Alexandria. Egypt would be allowed to conduct its own foreign policy but was obliged to provide facilities and assistance to the British in the event of war. in wikipedia

19 Sep–14 Oct 1936 Civil War in Spanish Guinea ▲

The Spanish Colonial Guard launched an uprising on Fernando Poo, Spanish Guinea, in support of the Nationalist rebels in Spain. After six days, they established control of the island—which was the center of power in the colony—but were unable to defeat the pro-Republican forces on the continent. Eventually Nationalist troops from the Canary Islands arrived, disembarking at Bata, Río Muni
(continental Spanish Guinea), in October and thence securing Nationalist control of the colony. in wikipedia

? Feb 1937 Ingrams’ Peace ▲

Harold Ingrams, the first British political officer in Al Mukalla, capital of the Qu’aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla in the Hadhramaut, brokered a peace between the Qu’aiti Sultanate and its rival, the Kathiri Sultanate of Seiyun. The peace was financed by Sayyid Abu Bakur of Tarim, who was intent on building a motor road from Tarim to the port of Shihr, and established some stability in the Hadhramaut. in wikipedia