Word: riffian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
World War I: Enlisted as a cavalry private, he was wounded, later sent to Saint-Cyr, France's West Point. Returned to the trenches with a Moroccan regiment, won his first Croix de Guerre (he now has three, embellished with 17 palms). Fought against the Riffian tribes of Abd el Krim in Morocco in the 1920s, stayed on as a native-affairs officer. Speaks Arabic and the Berber dialects fluently...