List of wars involving Libya

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

Contents

Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Cretan War

(1645-1669)

Ottoman Victory
French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania
Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Tunis
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg France French victory
Maghrebi war (1699–1702) Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis
Flag of Morocco 1666 1915.svg Sultanate of Morocco
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Regency of Tripoli
Flag of Regency of Algiers.svg Regency of Algiers Algerian victory [2]
  • Moroccan and Tunisian forces routed [2]
  • Very minor, or no changes
Siege of Tripoli (1705)

Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Ottoman Tripolitania

Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Ottoman Tunisia

Tripolitanian victory
Tripolitanian civil war

(1790–1795)

1790–1793
1793–1795
1790–1793
1793–1795
Karamanli victory
Action of 16 May 1797

Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania

Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Victory
First Barbary War

(1801–1805)

Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Ottoman Tripolitania [3] [4]
Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco (1802)

Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Sweden [5]
Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg  Sicily [6] [7]

Peace treaty
  • The United States paying ransom
  • Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships
  • Freeing prisoners of American ships
Battle of Tripoli (1825)

Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania

Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Sardinia

Sardinian victory:
  • Sardinia Destroyed two tripolitanian ships
  • Tripolitanian soldiers routed
  • Peace treaty concluded [8]
Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)

Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Ottoman Tripolitania

Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Tripolitanian victory
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Senussi Order
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy Italian victory
Italian invasion of Libya

(1911)

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Senussi Order
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Kingdom of Italy Italian victory

Colonial period (1911-1951)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
First Italo-Senussi War

(1911–1917)

Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Senussi Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Defeat
  • Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War

(1923–1932)

Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Senussi Order
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitanian rebels
Flag of Fezzan-Ghadames.svg Fezzan rebels

Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy

Italian victory
  • Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
North African Campaign

(1940–1943)

Allies
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States [nb 1]
Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg Free France

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia [11]
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg  Greece
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

Axis
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany


Flag of France (1794-1958).svg Vichy France [nb 2]

Allied victory

Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Battle of Essien (1957)

Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Flag of Algeria.svg FLN

Flag of France.svg France

Libyan-Algerian victory
  • French forces withdraw from the region

Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
1969 Libyan revolution Flag of Libya (1969-1972).svg Free Officers Movement Free Officers victory
First Sudanese Civil War

(1955-1972)

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(1955–1956)
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Republic of the Sudan
(1956–1969)
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Flag of Sudan.svg Democratic Republic of the Sudan
(1969–1972)
Combat support:
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
(Joint operations on Ugandan territory, 1965–1969) [12]
Flag of Libya (1969-1972).svg Libyan Arab Republic
(From 1969 and combat involvement at least in 1970) [13]
Non-combat support:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic [13] [14]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [15] [14]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [14] [16]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [14] [16]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia [14] [16]
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany [14] [16]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia [16]
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia [16]
Flag of Libya.svg Kingdom of Libya (until 1969) [16]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria [16]
Flag of the United States.svg United States [17]
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany [17]

Flag of the Sudan Defense Force (1925-1956).svg SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias
Flag of the Azania Liberation Front.svg ALF (1965–1970)
Sn anyaanya1.PNG Anyanya (from 1963) [18]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel (from 1969) [19] [20] [21]
Supported by:
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia [22] [23]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (from about 1970) [22] [20]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg Congo-Léopoldville [24]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya [22]
Flag of France.svg France [25]

Stalemate [26]
Invasion of Uganda

(1972) [27]

Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg  Libya
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan rebels

  • People's Army
  • UPC supporters

Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania

Ugandan government victory
  • Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War

(1976)

Flag of the Arab League.svg ADF Flag of Lebanon.svg LF Withdrawal
  • Libyan forces essentially abandoned [28]
  • Eventual termination of ADF mandate

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

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Egyptian–Libyan War

(1977)

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya

Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt Ceasefire
Uganda–Tanzania War

(1978–1979)

Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Palestine - short triangle.svg  Palestine Liberation Organization
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia

Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda National Liberation Front Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Supported by:
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Zambia
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Tanzanian victory
Chadian–Libyan conflict

(1978–1987)

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya

Flag of Chad.svg Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

Pro-Libyan Palestinian and Lebanese groups [30]

Flag of Chad.svg Anti-Libyan Chadian factions

  • FAT (1978–1979)
  • FAN (1978–1983)
  • FANT (1983–1987)
  • GUNT (1986–1987)

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Inter-African Force

Flag of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya.svg NFSL

Supported by:
Defeat
United States bombing of Libya

(1986)

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya

Flag of the United States.svg United States

Both sides claimed victory [38]
Second Sudanese Civil War

(1986–1988)

Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan

Flag of the South Sudan Defence Force.svg SSDF
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, tilted star).svg SPLA dissidents

Nuer White Army Flag.svg Nuer White Army
Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan insurgents:

Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq [a]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [b]


Combat aid:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (1986–1991) [48] [49]

Non-combat aid:
Flag of Iran.svg Iran [50]

Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, tilted star).svg SPLA

Flag of SSLM.svg SSLM
NDA
Sudanese Alliance Forces [52]
Sn anyaanya1.PNG Anyanya II
Flag of the Eastern Front.svg Eastern Coalition
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Derg (until 1987) [53]
Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg PDR Ethiopia (1987–1988) [53]
Non-combat aid:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (1983–1985) [54] [55]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel [56]
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (until 1991) [57]

Stalemate
2008 Kufra conflict

(2008)

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya

Flag of the Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya.svg Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya

Victory

State of Libya (2011-present)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
First Libyan Civil War

(2011)

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya



Minor border clashes:
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

Supported by:
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt [62] [63]

Libyan opposition/NATO victory
Second Libyan Civil War

(2014–2020)

Flag of Libya.svg Coat of arms of Libya Tobruk Government.svg House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) [65] [66]

PMC Wagner Center logo.png Wagner Group
(from 2018)
[76] [77] [78] [79] [80]
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt [81] [82] [83]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates [81] [84] [85] [86]
Flag of the Rapid Support Forces (Sudan).png RSF [87] (from 2019)
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Ba'athist Syria
(2020) [88] [89] [90]
InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah (allegedly) [91] [92]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
(allegedly, denied by LNA) [93] [94] [95] [96] [97]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran [98]

Flag of Libya.svg The emblem on the passport of Libya.svg Government of National Accord (Tripoli-based) (from 2016)

Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (2020) [126] [127] [128]
Syrian revolution flag.svg Syrian National Army (from 2019) [129]
Flag of Yemen.svg Popular Resistance Committees [130] [131]
Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas (LNA claim, denied by Hamas) [132]


Flag of Libya.svg National Salvation Government
(2014–2017) [148] [149]

Support:

Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State
(from 2014) [158]

Support:

Islamic State flag.svg al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
(2014–2017) [165]
Flag of Jihad.svg Shura Council of
Benghazi Revolutionaries

(2014–2017) [166] [167]
SCBR
militia:
Ceasefire

See also

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Notes

  1. Iraqi support for Sudan during the war mostly consisted of weapons shipments; [45] according to the South Sudanese, however, at least one unit of Iraqi paratroopers fought alongside the SAF near Juba. About 200 Iraqi soldiers were allegedly killed, and the site of their remains became known as "Jebel Iraqi". [46] The International Institute for Strategic Studies also stated that Iraqi forces fought alongside Sudanese government troops. [47]
  2. Although China was not officially involved in the war, it sent troops to the country in order to protect oil fields and thereby aid the Sudanese military. China also provided Sudan with weaponry. [47]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 November 1942 to May 1943.
  2. 1 2 3 4 8–11 November 1942. Vichy officially pursued a policy of armed neutrality and conducted military actions against armed incursions from Axis and Allied belligerents. The pledging of allegiance of the Vichy troops in French North Africa to the Allies convinced the Axis that Vichy could not be trusted to continue this policy, so they invaded and occupied the French rump state ( Case Anton )