List of wars involving Libya

This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917)	Senussi	Italy  United Kingdom	Defeat Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932)	Senussi	Italy	Defeat Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
First Sudanese Civil War (1970)	Sudan  Libya	ALF Anyanya	Stalemate Addis Ababa Agreement
1972 invasion of Uganda[1] (1972)	Uganda  Libya	FRONASA	Victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War (1976)	ADF  Syria  Saudi Arabia  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Libya  South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal Libyan forces essentially abandoned[2] Eventual termination of ADF mandate
Libyan–Egyptian War (1977)	Libya	Egypt	Ceasefire
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Uganda Libya	Tanzania UNLA Mozambique	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987)	Libya FROLINAT GUNT	FAT FAN FANT  France  Zaire	Defeat Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip
United States bombing of Libya (1986)	Libya	United States	Defeat[3] Ground targets destroyed
Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988)	Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA  Libya	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front	Stalemate Libyan withdrawal in 1988 2011 Referendum and independence of South Sudan
2008 Kufra conflict (2008)	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya	Victory
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libyan Government	NTC  NATO  France  United Kingdom  United States  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  Netherlands  Norway  Spain  Turkey  Jordan  Qatar  Sweden  United Arab Emirates	Regime change Muammar Gaddafi was killed The NTC assumed interim control of Libya Post-civil war violence in Libya
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–present)	HoR Gaddafi loyalists  United States  United Kingdom  Egypt  United Arab Emirates GNA Tuareg militias Toubou Front	NSA Shura Council (Benghazi) Islamic State	Ongoing Libya divided between three governments Islamic State presence minimized

See also

• Libyan resistance movement

References

1. Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
2. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
3. Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

External links

• "Qaddafi Plays Quietly, But He's Still in the Game," The New York Times, March 17, 1991.