The Chadian–Libyan War was a series of military campaigns in Chad between 1978 and 1987, fought between Libyan and allied Chadian forces against Chadian groups supported by France, with the occasional involvement of other foreign countries and factions.

The war began with the Libyan occupation of northern Chad in 1983, when Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, refusing to recognise the legitimacy of the Chadian President Hissène Habré, militarily supported the attempt by the opposition Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) to overthrow Habré.

The Battle of Aouzou refers to a pair of battles fought between Chad and Libya in and around the town of Aouzou (Chad) in August 1987, as part of the Toyota War, the last phase of the larger Chadian–Libyan conflict. The first battle resulted in a Chadian victory, while the second battle, a Libyan counteroffensive, is deemed to have been won ...

2024年11月6日 · The Toyota War, also known as the Great Toyota War, was a decisive military conflict that unfolded in 1987 between Chad and Libya along their northern border. This war marked the final and most critical phase of the prolonged Chadian–Libyan War, a struggle characterized by territorial disputes, ideological differences, and regional power ...

2022年11月3日 · In 1960, Chad achieved independence, only to suffer through three decades of instability, civil war, oppressive rule, and a Libyan invasion. Widespread poverty, a weak economy, and rebel and terrorist-led insurgencies contribute to Chad’s struggles to …

Since the 1970s, Libya under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi had a tense relationship with its neighbour Chad, predominantly focused on the resource-rich Aouzou Strip in northern Chad. Libyan claims of the Aouzou Strip were held in an un-ratified treaty between France and Italy in 1935, similarly Chadian claims of the Strip were argued with support of ...

The Chadian–Libyan conflict was a series of sporadic clashes in Chad between 1978 and 1987 between Libyan and Chadian forces. Libya had been involved in Chad's internal affairs prior to 1978 and before Muammar Gaddafi's rise to power in Libya in 1969, beginning with the extension of the Chadian Civil War to northern Chad in 1968.

2021年4月3日 · The Chadian–Libyan conflict was a series of military campaigns in Chad between the period of 1978 and 1987. Fought between Libyan and allied Chadian forces against Chadian groups. Supported by France, with the occasional involvement of …

Chadian forces began the battle for the Aouzou Strip in late July by clearing Libyan forces on their western flank in Tibesti. A Libyan counter-offensive was smashed and the retreat of the demoralized Libyan troops, under Chadian pressure, turned into a rout. The town of Aouzou was captured on August 8th.

1984年4月23日 · Largely forgotten amid the world’s more pressing conflicts is the civil war in the central African nation of Chad. In the nine months since France sent 3,000 troops to back the government of...