List of wars involving Libya
This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.
Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cretan War
(1645-1699) |
Ottoman Empire | Venice | Ottoman Victory
|
| French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) | Tripolitania | France | Defeat |
| Maghrebi war (1699–1702) | Tripolitania | Deylik of Algiers | Defeat |
| Siege of Tripoli (1705) | Tripolitania | Tunisia | Tripolitanian Victory |
| Tripolitanian civil war
(1790–1795) |
Karamanli Tripolitania | Ottoman Tripolitania | Karamanli Victory |
| Action of 16 May 1797 | Tripolitania | Denmark-Norway | Victory |
| Swedish-Tripolitanian war (1796-1802) | Tripolitania | Sweden | Victory |
| First Barbary War
(1801–1805) |
Tripolitania | United States | Peace treaty
|
| Battle of Tripoli (1825) | Tripolitania | Sardinia | Defeat |
| Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) | Tripolitania | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | Victory |
| Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) | tripolitania | italy | defeat |
| Italian invasion of Libya
(1911) |
Senusiyya | Italy | Defeat |
Colonial period (1911-1951)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italo-Senussi War
(1911–1917) |
Senussi | Italy | Defeat
|
| Second Italo-Senussi War
(1923–1932) |
Senussi | Italy | Defeat
|
| North African Campaign
(1940–1943) |
United Kingdom | Italy | Allied Victory |
Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Essien (1957) | Libya FLN |
France | Victory |
Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Libyan revolution | Free Officers Movement | Kingdom of Libya
|
Regime Change |
| First Sudanese Civil War
(1970) |
Sudan | ALF | Stalemate |
| Invasion of Uganda
(1972)[3] |
Uganda | FRONASA | Victory
|
| Lebanese Civil War
(1976) |
ADF | LF | Withdrawal
|
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian–Libyan War
(1977) |
Libya | Egypt | Ceasefire |
| Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979) |
Uganda | Tanzania | Defeat
|
| Chadian–Libyan conflict
(1978–1987) |
Libya | FAT | Defeat
|
| United States bombing of Libya
(1986) |
Libya | United States | Both sides claimed victory[5]
|
| Second Sudanese Civil War
(1986–1988) |
Sudan | SPLA | Stalemate
|
| 2008 Kufra conflict
(2008) |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya | Victory |
State of Libya (2011-present)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Libyan Civil War
(2011) |
Libyan Government | NTC | Regime change
|
| Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–2020) |
HoR
|
GNA | Ceasefire
|
See also
References
- Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd (1970). British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941 - 1947 (Reprint [der Ausg.] London 1948 ed.). Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-4319-4.
- ياغي, إسماعيل أحمد; شاكر, محمود (2008-10-01). تاريخ العالم الإسلامي الحديث والمعاصر : قارة إفريقية : الجزء الثاني: 1492-1980 (in Arabic). العبيكان للنشر.
- Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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