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1st July 1911: Start of the Second Moroccan Crisis as gunboat SMS Panther is sent to Agadir
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-06-30 21:05:49
Description: The German gunboat SMS Panther was sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Second Moroccan Crisis. France had emerged from the First Moroccan Crisis of 1906 in a much stronger position than neighbouring Germany, whose Kaiser Wilhelm II sought to develop economic and commercial interests in the country. The two countries formalised their positions in an agreement two years later but, by 1911, the domestic situation in Morocco had declined. In early 1911 the Sultan, Abdelhafid, faced an uprising by native tribes who also attacked French forces stationed in the country. In response 20,000 French and colonial troops were ...
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