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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Tripolitanian civil war]]<br />(1790&ndash;1795)
|style="background:#efefef"| [[Tripolitanian civil war]]<br />(1790&ndash;1795)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} [[Vilayet of Tripoli|Karamanli Tripolitania]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} [[Karamanli dynasty|Karamanli Tripolitania]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg}} [[Ottoman Tripolitania]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg}} [[Ottoman Tripolitania]]
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Karamanli Victory'''
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Karamanli Victory'''

Revision as of 15:20, 14 October 2023

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

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Tripolitanian civil war
(1790–1795)
Karamanli Tripolitania Ottoman Tripolitania Karamanli Victory
First Barbary War
(1801–1805)
Tripolitania United States United States

Sweden Sweden Sicily

Peace treaty
  • The United States paying ransom
  • Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships
  • Freeing prisoners of American ships
Battle of Tripoli (1825)
(1825–1825)
Tripolitania  Sardinia Defeat
Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)
(1828–1828)
Tripolitania Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Victory
First Italo-Senussi War
(1911–1917)
Senussi  Italy
 United Kingdom
Defeat
  • Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War
(1923–1932)
Senussi  Italy Defeat
  • Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
First Sudanese Civil War
(1970)
 Sudan
 Libya
ALF
Anyanya
Stalemate
Invasion of Uganda
(1972)[1]
 Uganda
 Libya
Uganda FRONASA Victory
  • Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War
(1976)
Arab League ADF LF Withdrawal
  • Libyan forces essentially abandoned[2]
  • Eventual termination of ADF mandate
Egyptian–Libyan War
(1977)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya Egypt Egypt Ceasefire
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979)
Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
 Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
Mozambique Mozambique
Defeat
Chadian–Libyan conflict
(1978–1987)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Chad FROLINAT
Chad GUNT
Chad FAT
Chad FAN
Chad FANT
 France
 Zaire
Defeat
United States bombing of Libya
(1986)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya  United States Both sides claimed victory[3]
Second Sudanese Civil War
(1986–1988)
 Sudan
Sudan Janjaweed
SSDF
Nuer White Army
SPLA-Nasir
LRA
 Libya
South Sudan SPLA
South Sudan 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 Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Government Libya NTC
 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden
 United Arab Emirates

Regime change
Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–2020)
Libya HoR
Gaddafi loyalists
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Egypt
 United Arab Emirates
Libya GNA
Tuareg militias
Toubou Front
Libya NSA
Shura Council (Benghazi)
Islamic State Islamic State
Ceasefire

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.