The
Battle of Annual was fought on July 22, 1921, at
Annual in
Spanish Morocco, between the
Spanish Army of Africa and
Berber combatants of the
Rif region during the
Rif War. The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, almost always referred to by the Spanish as the
Disaster of Annual, which led to major political crises and a redefinition of Spanish colonial policy toward the Rif.