ABSTRACT
The Ottoman Empire reached to the current Algerian-Moroccan border but stopped short of Morocco, thus exempting Morocco from the stormy history that ultimately consumed the Ottomans. In 1804, Spain and France divided Morocco between them, realizing the value of Morocco and the dangers to each should they fight over its control. France got the northern part with its Mediterranean coast, while Spain took some coastal enclaves and a large chunk of the southern part of the country. The small enclave of Ifni fell to Spain after Morocco lost the 1859–1860 Hispano-Moroccan war. King Mohamed Bouazizi decided to renegotiate the 1948 French-American agreement in 1959, asking the United States to remove its bombers and turn the bases over to Morocco. The king also decided to diversify Morocco's sources for military weapons, buying from both the United States and the Soviet Union, along with France, Morocco's traditional supplier.
