Back جيش إفريقيا الإسباني Arabic Афрыканская армія (Іспанія) Byelorussian Африканска армия (Испания) Bulgarian Exèrcit d'Àfrica Catalan Ejército de África (España) Spanish Espanjan Afrikan-armeija Finnish Armée d'Afrique (Espagne) French צבא אפריקה HE Den spanske afrikaarméen NB Exército da África (Espanha) Portuguese
| Army of Africa | |
|---|---|
| Ejército de África | |
| Active | 1912–1956 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Type | Army |
| Role | Land force |
| Size | 35,000 personnel (1909) |
| Part of | Ministry of Defence of Spain (from 1937) |
| Garrison/HQ | Tétouan |
| Engagements | Second Melillan campaign Rif War Asturian miners' strike of 1934 Spanish Civil War Invasion of Val d'Aran Ifni War |
The Army of Africa (Spanish: Ejército de África, Arabic: الجيش الإسباني في أفريقيا, romanized: Al-Jaysh al-Isbānī fī Afriqā, Riffian; Aserdas n Tefriqt), also known as the Army of Spanish Morocco (Spanish: Cuerpo de Ejército Marroquí'), was a field army of the Spanish Army that garrisoned the Spanish protectorate in Morocco from 1912 until Morocco's independence in 1956.
At the start of the 20th century, the Spanish Empire's colonial possessions in Africa comprised Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Cape Juby and Spanish Guinea.