Bougafer 1933

The resistance of the Saghro, from the terrain to the siege and the negotiated agreement.

The Jbel Saghro (2018) — Wikimedia Commons (Wiki Loves Earth 2018), CC BY-SA 4.0

Step 1 · Chapter
The Saghro before the fighting
16th century – 1926 — A massif, a confederation
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Step 2 · Chapter
The organisation of the Aït Atta resistance
1926 – January 1933 — Assou Oubasslam and the Ilemchan
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Step 3 · Chapter
The first clashes
11 – 20 February 1933 — Eight days of delaying actions
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Step 4 · Chapter
The main military operations
20 – 25 February 1933 — Peaks, needles, chimneys
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Step 5 · Chapter
28 February and the death of Bournazel
27 – 28 February 1933 — The assault on peak 6
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Step 6 · Chapter
The life of fighters and civilians
1 – 24 March 1933 — Twenty-five days of siege
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Step 7 · Topic
Defending the Saghro: fighters, women and families
What the sources really allow us to say about the defenders of 1933 (their words, their conditions, their endurance) and what they leave unsaid.
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Step 8 · Chapter
The end of the fighting at Bougafer: resistance, siege and a negotiated agreement
1 – 25 March 1933 — March 1933: the Aït Atta facing the blockade and the negotiations
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Step 9 · Topic
The conquest of the Saghro: powers, alliances and resistance
Who led the operations, who supported them, and why Aït Atta were found on both sides: what the sources read say, and what they do not allow us to assert.
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Step 10 · Chapter
The consequences and memory of Bougafer
1933 – today — From the end of the fighting to commemoration
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