List of wars involving Libya explained

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

Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Cretan War(1645-1699)	Tripolitania Regency of Algiers Tunis	Knights of Malta Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Victory Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire
French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685)	Tripolitania Tunisia		Defeat
Maghrebi war (1699–1702)	Tripolitania Tunisia Sultanate of Morocco	Deylik of Algiers	Defeat
Siege of Tripoli (1705)	Tripolitania	Tunisia	Tripolitanian Victory
Tripolitanian civil war(1790–1795)	Karamanli Tripolitania	Ottoman Tripolitania	Karamanli Victory
Action of 16 May 1797	Tripolitania	Denmark-Norway	Victory
First Barbary War(1801–1805)	Tripolitania	United States Sweden Sicily	Peace treaty The United States paying ransom Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships Freeing prisoners of American ships
Battle of Tripoli (1825)	Tripolitania		Defeat
Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)	Tripolitania	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	Victory
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)	tripolitania	italy	defeat
Italian invasion of Libya(1911)	Senusiyya		Defeat Italian annexation of Libya

Colonial period (1911-1951)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Italo-Senussi War(1911–1917)	Senussi	United Kingdom	Defeat Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War(1923–1932)	Senussi		Defeat Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
North African Campaign(1940–1943)	United Kingdom Libyan Arab Force^[1] ^[2] Canada Australia	Italian Libya	Allied Victory

Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
1969 Libyan revolution	Free Officers Movement	Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force (CYDEF)	Regime Change
First Sudanese Civil War(1970)	Sudan Libya	ALF Anyanya	Stalemate Addis Ababa Agreement
Invasion of Uganda(1972)^[3]		FRONASA	Victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War(1976)	ADF Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya	LF	Withdrawal Libyan forces essentially abandoned^[4] Eventual termination of ADF mandate

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Egyptian–Libyan War(1977)	Libya	Egypt	Ceasefire
Uganda–Tanzania War(1978–1979)	Uganda Libya	UNLA Mozambique	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda
Chadian–Libyan conflict(1978–1987)	Libya FROLINAT GUNT	FAT FAN FANT France	Defeat Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip
United States bombing of Libya(1986)	Libya	United States	Both sides claimed victory^[5] Ground targets destroyed Failed Libyan Scud missile response Survival of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi 188 Libyan rockets strike the island of Lampedusa in retaliation
Second Sudanese Civil War(1986–1988)	Sudan Janjawed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front	Stalemate Libyan withdrawal in 1988 2011 referendum and independence of the Republic of South Sudan
2008 Kufra conflict(2008)	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya	Victory

State of Libya (2011-present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Libyan Civil War(2011)	Libyan Government	NTC	Regime change Muammar Gaddafi killed NTC assumes interim control of Libya Post-civil war violence in Libya
Second Libyan Civil War(2014–2020)	HoR Gaddafi loyalists	GNA Tuareg militias Toubou Front	Ceasefire Government of National Unity formed in 2021 Islamic State presence minimized LNA failed to capture Tripoli

See also

• Libyan resistance movement

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd . British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941 - 1947 . 1970 . Greenwood Press . 978-0-8371-4319-4 . Reprint [der Ausg.] London 1948 . Westport, Conn.
2. Book: ياغي . إسماعيل أحمد . تاريخ العالم الإسلامي الحديث والمعاصر : قارة إفريقية : الجزء الثاني: 1492-1980 . شاكر . محمود . 2008-10-01 . العبيكان للنشر . ar.
3. Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
4. Book: Encyclopædia Britannica . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc..
5. Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.