Ifni War
In the post-war period, Spain was initially still heavily influenced by events in North Africa, particularly surrounding its colony of [[Spanish Sahara|Western Sahara]] The first of these conflicts, the [[Ifni War]] (1956–1958) saw Spanish forces, including Spain's first [[paratroop]] unit, clash with the [[Moroccan Army of Liberation|Moroccan Liberation Army]], a Moroccan state backed insurgency movement. In 1958, a joint French-Spanish offensive, using massively superior European air power, crushed the revolt. In the 1970s, the rise of another insurgency movement, [[Polisario]], resulted in the [[Western Sahara War]] (1973–1991), with Spain withdrawing from its colony in 1975 and transferring its support in the continuing conflict to Morocco.