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This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Cretan War (1645-1669) | Ottoman Victory
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French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | French victory |
Maghrebi war (1699–1702) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Algerian victory [2]
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Siege of Tripoli (1705) | Tripolitanian victory | ||
Tripolitanian civil war (1790–1795) | 1790–1793 1793–1795 | 1790–1793 1793–1795 | Karamanli victory |
Action of 16 May 1797 | ![]() | Victory | |
First Barbary War (1801–1805) | ![]() ![]() | Peace treaty
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Battle of Tripoli (1825) | Sardinian victory:
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Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) | Tripolitanian victory | ||
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Italian victory
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Italian invasion of Libya (1911) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Italian victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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First Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Second Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Italian victory
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North African Campaign (1940–1943) | ![]() | Allied victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Battle of Essien (1957) | Libyan-Algerian victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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1969 Libyan revolution | ![]() | Free Officers victory
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First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972) | |
| Stalemate [26] |
Invasion of Uganda (1972) [27] |
| Ugandan government victory
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Lebanese Civil War (1976) | ![]() | ![]() | Withdrawal
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) | ![]() | Ceasefire | |
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) |
| ![]() ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Tanzanian victory
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Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987) |
Pro-Libyan Palestinian and Lebanese groups [30]
Supported by: |
| Defeat
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United States bombing of Libya (1986) | Both sides claimed victory [38]
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Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988) |
Combat aid: ![]() | | Stalemate
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2008 Kufra conflict (2008) | Victory |
The Warshefana tribal militia, Gaddafi loyalists who controlled some of the area around Tripoli, were routed last month by rival forces from Zintan