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Agadir Crisis
AGADIR CRISIS
The Agadir crisis erupted as the almost inevitable outgrowth on the 1906 Algeciras Conference, which allowed for Spanish and French control over nominally independent Morocco. In 1911, local opposition culminated in revolts against the French. France responded by sending an occupation force to Fez (Morocco) in May 1911, and Germany concluded it would not permit any revision of the Algeciras Act without some compensation. In July, under the pretext of protecting German citizens, the Germans then ordered the gunboat Panther to proceed to Agadir (Morocco) to pressure the French to negotiate. In November, after a brief war scare amid Britain's promises of support for France (Prime Minister Lloyd George's Mansion House speech), a Franco–German accord was signed, granting a French protectorate over Morocco in return for some French sub-Saharan territories to be ceded to Germany. This end to Morocco's nominal independence contributed directly to the outbreak of the 1911 Tripolitanian War and, thus, the Balkan Wars (1912–1913). see also algeciras conference (1906); balkan wars (1912–1913). BibliographyTaylor, A. J. P. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848–1918. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954. Jon Jucovy |
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Jucovy, Jon. "Agadir Crisis." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Jucovy, Jon. "Agadir Crisis." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424600086.html Jucovy, Jon. "Agadir Crisis." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424600086.html |
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Agadir
Agadir A port in Morocco which became the focus of the second Moroccan crisis (July–November 1911). In response to the French occupation of the Moroccan city of Fez, which broke the agreement over Moroccan neutrality reached after the first Moroccan Crisis, a German gunboat, the Panther, was sent to Agadir, ostensibly to protect German commercial interests in Morocco. In practice, the ‘Panther's Leap’ was more a German appeal to be taken seriously as a colonial power in a period that marked the high noon of imperialism. Ultimately, the Germans agreed to recognize Morocco as a sphere of French influence, in return for French territorial concessions in the Congo (added to the German colony of Cameroon). It marked a further milestone in the build-up of the international tensions that precipitated World War I. More specifically, it convinced the British of German naval aggression and the resulting direct threat to the British Empire.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Agadir." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Agadir." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Agadir.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Agadir." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Agadir.html |
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Agadir
Agadir, Morocco Santa Cruz ‘Embankment’, possibly from the Tuareg ağādir to describe the slope on which the town was built overlooking the harbour, or from the Phoenician gadir ‘masonry wall enclosing a town’. The Portuguese, who occupied it in 1505–41, called it Santa Cruz ‘Holy Cross’. The Agadir Crisis erupted in 1911 when a German gunboat appeared offshore to challenge the French position in Morocco by claiming to ‘protect German interests’ and, indeed, to enhance them. The Germans backed down and French troops occupied the town in 1913.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Agadir." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Agadir." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Agadir.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Agadir." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Agadir.html |
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Agadir
Agadir , city (1994 pop. 155,244), SW Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Agadir has metal-processing industries and exports fruit and vegetables. While France was establishing a protectorate in Morocco, the German gunboat Panther appeared (1911) in Agadir with the intention of protecting German interests. For a time war seemed imminent, but the Germans dropped their demands when France ceded to them a substantial part of the French Congo. In 1960, Agadir was almost completely destroyed by earthquakes, but a new urban district was built outside the old city. |
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"Agadir." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Agadir." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Agadir.html "Agadir." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Agadir.html |
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Agadir crisis
Agadir crisis, 1911. A Franco-German colonial crisis triggered by a German gunboat in a Moroccan port (July 1911) led ministers to resolve an inter-service dispute over the role of the army in a hypothetical war with Germany by agreeing ‘in principle’ that it should be sent to the continent.
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JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Agadircrisis.html JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Agadircrisis.html |
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JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Agadircrisis.html JOHN CANNON. "Agadir crisis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Agadircrisis.html |
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Agadir
Agadir Atlantic seaport, sw Morocco. In 1960, Agadir suffered a disastrous earthquake. It was rebuilt as a tourist centre and is now a popular European tourist destination. Fishing is the other main economic activity. Pop. (1994) 524,564.
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"Agadir." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Agadir." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Agadir.html "Agadir." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Agadir.html |
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Agadir
Agadir
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"Agadir." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Agadir." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Agadir.html "Agadir." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Agadir.html |
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