List of conflicts in Libya explained

Ancient Times

Egyptian Empire

• circa 1279 B.C.E. — 1213 B.C.E. Ramesses II's Campaigns in Libya

Carthaginian Empire

• 264 B.C.E. — 146 B.C.E. Punic Wars

Kingdom of Numidia

• 112 B.C.E. — 106 B.C.E. Jugurthine War

Roman Province of Africa

193 C.E. – 211 C.E. Military activity of Septimius Severus

• • 203 C.E. The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus launched a campaign deep into the Sahara, capturing the capital city of the Garamantian Empire Germa, but he abandoned it soon after.^[1]
• 439 C.E. The Vandals overran the Roman Province of Africa

Medieval Times

Vandal Kingdom

• June 533 C.E. — March 534 C.E. Vandalic War

• • Diplomatic preparations and revolts in Tripolitania and Sardinia
    • Spring 533 C.E. Anti-Vandal revolt in Tripolitania; Byzantine troops from Cyrenaica occupy the province

Byzantine Praetorian prefecture of Africa

• The Moorish Wars
  • 534 C.E. First Moorish uprising
  • 544 C.E. Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic

Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

• 647 C.E. — 709 C.E. Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
  • 669 C.E. The city Germa was conquered by Uqba ibn Nafi.^[2]

Ayyubid dynasty

• 1171 C.E. — 1172 C.E. Conquest of North Africa and Nubia

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

• 1551 C.E. Ottoman conquest

Modern Times

Ottoman Eyalet of Tripolitania

• June 30, 1793 C.E. — January 20, 1795 C.E. Tripolitanian civil war
• May 10, 1801 C.E. — June 10, 1805 C.E. First Barbary War
  • April 27, 1805 C.E. — May 13, 1805 C.E. Battle of Derne
• February 1820 C.E. — October 1822 C.E. Invasion of Libya and Sudan

Ottoman Vilayet of Tripolitania

• September 29, 1911 C.E. — October 18, 1912 C.E. Italo-Turkish War
• 1911 C.E. — 1943 C.E. Libyan resistance movement

Italian Libya

• September 29, 1911 C.E. — October 18, 1912 C.E. Italo-Turkish War
• 1911 C.E. — 1943 C.E. Libyan resistance movement
  • 1915 C.E. Gasr Bu Hadi
• July 28, 1914 C.E. — November 11, 1918 C.E. World War I
  • 1914 C.E. — 1918 C.E. North African theatre
• September 1, 1939 C.E. — September 2, 1945 C.E. World War II
  • June 10, 1940 C.E. — May 2, 1945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • June 10, 1940 C.E. — May 13, 1943 C.E. North African Campaign
      • June 11, 1940 C.E. — February 4, 1943 C.E. Western Desert Campaign
        • January 3 — January 5, 1941 C.E. Battle of Bardia
        • January 31, 1941 C.E. — March 1, 1941 C.E. Battle of Kufra
        • May 26 — June 21, 1942 C.E. Battle of Gazala
        • May 26 — June 11, 1942 C.E. Battle of Bir Hakeim
        • December 11 — December 18, 1942 C.E. Battle of El Agheila

Allied occupation of Libya

• June 1,948 C.E. Anti-Jewish rioters in Libya killed 12 Jews and destroyed 280 Jewish homes

Kingdom of Libya

• Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
• September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup

Libyan Arab Republic

• September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• 1,947 C.E. — 1,991 C.E. Cold War
  • August 19, 1,981 C.E. Gulf of Sidra incident
  • March, 1,986 C.E. Action in the Gulf of Sidra
  • April 15, 1,986 C.E. United States bombing of Libya
  • January 4, 1,989 C.E. Gulf of Sidra incident
  • July 21, 1,977 C.E. — July 24, 1,977 C.E. Libyan—Egyptian War
• 1,978 C.E. — 1,987 C.E. Chadian-Libyan conflict
  • 1,983 C.E. — 1,984 C.E. Operation Manta
  • February 13, 1,986 C.E. — ongoing Opération Épervier
  • December 16, 1,986 C.E. — September 11, 1,987 C.E. Toyota War

National Transitional Council of Libya

• December 18, 2,010 C.E. — ongoing Arab Spring
  • 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Libyan Crisis
    • February 15, 2,011 C.E. — October 23, 2,011 C.E. Libyan Civil War
      • February 15, 2,011 C.E. — February 20, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Benghazi
      • February 17, 2,011 C.E. — February 25, 2,011 C.E. Tripoli protests and clashes
      • February 18, 2,011 C.E. — May 15, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Misrata
      • February 24, 2,011 C.E. — March 10, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Zawiya
      • March 1, 2,011 C.E. — August 18, 2,011 C.E. Nafusa Mountains campaign
        • April 21, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Wazzin
        • August 13, 2,011 C.E. — August 18, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Gharyan
      • March 2, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Brega
      • March 19, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Military intervention in Libya
        • March 19, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Ellamy
        • March 19, 2,011 C.E. — March 31, 2,011 C.E. Opération Harmattan
        • March 19, 2,011 C.E. — November 1, 2,011 C.E. Operation Mobile
        • March 19, 2,011 C.E. — March 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Odyssey Dawn
        • March 23, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Unified Protector

State of Libya

• December 18, 2,010 C.E. — ongoing Arab Spring
  • 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Libyan Crisis
    • November 1, 2011 C.E. — May 16, 2014 C.E. Factional violence in Libya
      • January 23, 2,012 C.E. — January 25, 2,012 C.E. Bani Walid uprising
      • February 12, 2,012 C.E. — July 1, 2,012 C.E. Kufra conflict
      • March 25, 2,012 C.E. — March 31, 2,012 C.E. Sabha conflict
      • June 4, 2,012 C.E. Tripoli airport clashes
      • June 11, 2,012 C.E. — June 18, 2,012 C.E. Zintan clashes
      • September 9, 2,012 C.E. — October 26, 2,012 C.E. Siege of Bani Walid
      • September 11, 2,012 C.E. — September 12, 2,012 C.E. Benghazi attack
      • June 8, 2,013 C.E. — June 15, 2,013 C.E. Benghazi conflict
      • February 14, 2014 C.E. — May 2,014 C.E. Libyan coup d'état attempts
    • May 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Second Libyan Civil War
      • May 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Operation Dignity
      • July 13, 2,014 C.E. — August 23, 2,014 C.E. Battle of Tripoli Airport
      • October 5, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing ISIL takeover of Derna
      • January 27, 2,015 C.E. Corinthia Hotel attack
      • February 8, 2,015 C.E. — February 9, 2,015 C.E. Fall of Nofaliya
      • February 12, 2,015 C.E. Kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya
      • February 16, 2,015 C.E. — ongoing Egyptian military intervention in Libya

See also

• List of wars involving Libya
• Libyan Army (1951–2011)
• Libyan Air Force (1951–2011)
• Libyan Air Force (2011–present)
• Libyan National Army
• Libyan Navy
• Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Military history of Africa
• African military systems to 1,800 C.E.
• African military systems 1,800 C.E. — 1,900 C.E.
• African military systems after 1,900 C.E.

Notes and References

1. Birley, Anthony. Septimius Severus, the African emperor. (2000), p. 153
2. Salem Mohammed ez Zawam, "Mu’jam al Amakin al Jughrafiya fi Libia", Dar wa Maktabat ash Sha’b, Misratah, 2005, p.51.