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
1972 invasion of Uganda[1]
(1972)
 Uganda
 Libya
FRONASA Victory
  • Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War
(1976)
ADF LF Withdrawal
  • Libyan forces essentially abandoned[2]
  • Eventual termination of ADF mandate
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
Libya Egypt Ceasefire
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[3]
  • 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
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
(2014present)
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

See also

References

  1. Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  3. Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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