List of wars involving Libya

This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
First Italo-Senussi War
(19111917)
Senussi  Italy
 United Kingdom
Defeat
  • Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War
(19231932)
Senussi  Italy Defeat
  • Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
First Sudanese Civil War
(1970)
 Sudan
 Libya
ALF
Anyanya
Stalemate
Lebanese Civil War
(1976)
ADF LF Withdrawal
  • Libyan forces essentially abandoned[1]
  • Eventual termination of ADF mandate
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
Libya Egypt Ceasefire
  • Libyan attack on Sallum repelled
Uganda–Tanzania War
(19781979)
Uganda
Libya
 Tanzania
UNLA
Mozambique
Defeat
Chadian–Libyan Conflict
(19781987)
Libya
FROLINAT
GUNT
FAT
FAN
FANT
 France
 Zaire
Defeat
United States bombing of Libya
(1986)
Libya  United States Defeat[2]
  • Ground targets destroyed
Second Sudanese Civil War
(19861988)
 Sudan
Janjaweed
SSDF
Nuer White Army
SPLA-Nasir
LRA
 Libya
SPLA
SPDF
SSLM
Anyanya II
Eastern Front
Stalemate
  • Libyan withdrawal in 1988
  • 2011 Referendum and independence of South Sudan
2008 Kufra conflict
(2008)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya Victory
First Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Libyan Government NTC
 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden
 United Arab Emirates

Regime change
Second Libyan Civil War
(2014)
HoR
Gaddafi loyalists
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Egypt
 United Arab Emirates
GNA
Tuareg militias
Toubou Front
NSA
Shura Council (Benghazi)
Islamic State
Ongoing
  • Libya divided between three governments
  • Islamic State presence minimized
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History of Libya
Prehistory
Ancient history pre-146 BC
Roman era to 640 AD
Islamic rule 6401510
Spanish rule 15101530
Order of Saint John 15301551
Ottoman Tripolitania 15511911
Italian colonization 19111934
Italian Libya 19341943
Allied occupation 19431951
Kingdom of Libya 19511969
Libya under Muammar Gaddafi 19692011
First Civil War 2011
National Transitional Council 20112012
General National Congress 20122014
House of Representatives 2014present
Second Civil War 2014present
Government of National Accord 2016present
Libya portal

See also

References

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  2. Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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