Chadian–Libyan conflict

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armed conflict war

The Chadian–Libyan conflict was a series of armed confrontations from the 1970s to the late 1980s in which Libya, under Muammar Gaddafi, intervened militarily in Chad over territorial disputes and regional influence, culminating in Libya’s defeat and withdrawal.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Libyan–Chadian conflict 2
Chadian civil conflicts 1
Libyan occupation of the Aouzou Strip 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath 1994 International Court of Justice ruling awarding Aouzou Strip to Chad ⓘ
normalization of relations between Chad and Libya in the 1990s ⓘ
cause Libyan regional influence ambitions in Central Africa ⓘ
territorial dispute over the Aouzou Strip ⓘ
ChadSupported Forces Armées Nationales Tchadiennes ⓘ
Forces Armées du Nord ⓘ
chronologyNote peaked in intensity in the early to mid-1980s ⓘ
conflictBetween Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
endTime late 1980s ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Faya-Largeau (1980) ⓘ
Battle of Faya-Largeau (1980) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Faya-Largeau (1983)

Battle of Maaten al-Sarra ⓘ
Battle of Ouadi Doum ⓘ
First Chadian Civil War ⓘ
Chadian–Libyan conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Libyan occupation of the Aouzou Strip

Second Chadian Civil War ⓘ
Toyota War ⓘ
involvedLeader Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
LibyaSupported Goukouni Oueddei’s forces ⓘ
Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad) ⓘ
location Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
mainBelligerent Libya ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Chad
notableFeature extensive use of Toyota pickup trucks by Chadian forces ⓘ
heavy Libyan use of armor and air power ⓘ
opposingCommander Goukouni Oueddei ⓘ
Hissène Habré ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
partOf Cold War proxy conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Cold War conflicts in Africa
region Central Africa ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
result Libyan military defeat ⓘ
Libyan withdrawal from most of northern Chad ⓘ
consolidation of Hissène Habré’s regime in Chad ⓘ
eventual international arbitration over the Aouzou Strip ⓘ
startTime 1970s ⓘ
supportedBy France ⓘ
African Union ⓘ
surface form: Organisation of African Unity

Sudan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
territorialDispute Aouzou Strip ⓘ
typeOfWarfare conventional warfare ⓘ
desert warfare ⓘ
proxy warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Muammar Gaddafi → conflict → Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ
Toubou → conflictInvolvement → Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadian civil conflicts
Chadian–Libyan conflict → hasPart → Chadian–Libyan conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan occupation of the Aouzou Strip
Khalifa Haftar → participatedIn → Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan–Chadian conflict
Scud missiles → usedInConflict → Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ
subject surface form: Scud missile
this entity surface form: Libyan–Chadian conflict