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Chadian–Libyan conflict

Chadian–Libyan conflict
Date 29 January 1978–11 September 1987
(9 years, 7 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location Chad
Result Chadian/French victory
Territorial
changes
Chad gains control of the Aouzou Strip
Belligerents

History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) Libya

Chad Chadian rebels

Chad Chad

 France
 Zaire
 United States
Combat support:
 Egypt
 Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Libya Muammar Gaddafi
Libya Massoud Abdelhafid
ChadGoukouni Oueddei
Chad François Tombalbaye
France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981)
Chad Hissène Habré
Chad Hassan Djamous
France François Mitterrand (1981–1987)
Chad Idriss Déby
Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko
United States Ronald Reagan
Casualties and losses
7,500+ killed
1,000+ captured
800+ armored vehicles
28+ aircraft
1,000+ killed
Chad received aid from France, Zaire, and the United States, while Libya was backed by the GUNT

History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) Libya

Chad Chadian rebels

Chad Chad

The Chadian–Libyan conflict was a series of sporadic clashes in Chad between 1978 and 1987 between Libyan and Chadian forces. Libya had been involved in Chad's internal affairs prior to 1978 and before Muammar Gaddafi's rise to power in Libya in 1969, beginning with the extension of the Chadian Civil War to northern Chad in 1968. The conflict was marked by a series of four separate Libyan interventions in Chad, taking place in 1978, 1979, 1980–1981 and 1983–1987. In all of these occasions Gaddafi had the support of a number of factions participating in the civil war, while Libya's opponents found the support of the French government, which intervened militarily to save the Chadian government in 1978, 1983 and 1986.


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