Battle of Tripoli
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The Battle of Tripoli was the decisive 2011 offensive in Libya’s capital in which anti-Gaddafi rebel forces, backed by NATO, seized control of the city and effectively toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Tripoli canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Tripoli (2011)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of Tripoli (2011)
|
| belligerent |
National Transitional Council
ⓘ
surface form:
National Transitional Council forces
anti-Gaddafi rebels ⓘ pro-Gaddafi forces ⓘ |
| casualties | hundreds killed and wounded (both sides and civilians) ⓘ |
| combatType | urban combat ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Abdelhakim Belhadj
ⓘ
Abdul Fatah Younis ⓘ Khamis Gaddafi ⓘ Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| conflict |
2011 Libyan Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Libyan Civil War
|
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| date | August 2011 ⓘ |
| endDate | 28 August 2011 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Sirte (2011)
ⓘ
pursuit of Gaddafi loyalist forces ⓘ |
| involved |
seizure of Bab al-Azizia compound
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street fighting in central Tripoli ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Libya
ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ |
| objective |
capture of Tripoli
ⓘ
topple Muammar Gaddafi’s regime ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaddafi loyalists
Libya ⓘ
surface form:
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
| partOf |
2011 Libyan Civil War
ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form:
NATO military intervention in Libya
|
| precededBy |
Battle of Zawiya (2011)
ⓘ
Battle of Misrata ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Misrata
|
| result |
collapse of Muammar Gaddafi regime control over the capital
ⓘ
decisive rebel victory ⓘ fall of Tripoli to anti-Gaddafi forces ⓘ |
| significance |
effectively ended Gaddafi’s control over most of Libya
ⓘ
enabled the National Transitional Council to become de facto government of Libya ⓘ turning point in the 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ |
| startDate | 20 August 2011 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
France
ⓘ
NATO ⓘ NATO airstrikes ⓘ Qatar ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| target | Bab al-Azizia ⓘ |
| used |
coordinated uprising inside the city
ⓘ
covert insertion of rebel fighters into Tripoli ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ |
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