Battle of Tripoli (2011)

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Tripoli (2011) was the decisive rebel offensive during the Libyan Civil War that led to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and the capture of the capital city.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Tripoli (2011) canonical 3
Fall of Tripoli (2011) 2
Battle for Tripoli (2011) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Tripoli (2011)
conflictOf 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: First Libyan Civil War
conflictSide Libyan Army ⓘ
surface form: Gaddafi government forces

anti-Gaddafi uprising ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Sirte (2011) ⓘ
mopping-up operations against remaining loyalist pockets in Tripoli ⓘ
hasBelligerent Libya ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

NATO ⓘ
surface form: NATO (supporting rebels)

National Transitional Council ⓘ
hasCasualties hundreds killed and wounded on both sides (approximate) ⓘ
hasCodename Operation Mermaid Dawn ⓘ
hasCommander Abdelhakim Belhadj ⓘ
Abdul Fatah Younis ⓘ
Khamis Gaddafi ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi ⓘ
hasEndDate 2011-08-28 ⓘ
hasLocation Libya ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
hasParticipant anti-Gaddafi rebel forces ⓘ
surface form: Libyan rebels

Muammar Gaddafi loyalists ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
National Transitional Council ⓘ
surface form: National Transitional Council forces

Libyan Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: pro-Gaddafi forces
hasStartDate 2011-08-20 ⓘ
hasTheater Tripoli ⓘ
surface form: Tripoli metropolitan area
hasType urban warfare ⓘ
involves NATO air support ⓘ
covert rebel cells inside Tripoli ⓘ
street fighting ⓘ
objective capture of Tripoli ⓘ
overthrow of Gaddafi regime control of capital ⓘ
partOf 2011 military intervention in Libya ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011)
precededBy Battle of Zawiya (2011) ⓘ
Battle of Misrata ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Misrata
result collapse of Muammar Gaddafi regime control over capital ⓘ
decisive rebel victory ⓘ
fall of Tripoli to rebel forces ⓘ
significance decisive turning point in Libyan Civil War ⓘ
led to effective end of Gaddafi’s control over most of Libya ⓘ
supportedBy NATO airstrikes ⓘ
tookPlaceIn August 2011 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Sirte (2011) → precededBy → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
Battle of Tripoli → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Tripoli (2011)
anti-Gaddafi rebel forces → notableBattle → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
Khamis Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for Tripoli (2011)
Battle of Tripoli (2011) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Tripoli (2011)
revolutionary brigades → participatedIn → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ
subject surface form: Revolutionary Brigades
this entity surface form: battle for Tripoli (2011)
Battle of Zawiya (2011) → relatedEvent → Battle of Tripoli (2011) ⓘ