Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (16 August – 23 October)

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The events regarding the military intervention on 19 March can be tracked in the related articles:
Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War before military intervention
Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (19 March–May)
Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (June–15 August)
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Libyan war final.svg Situation as of 20 October.

The Libyan Civil War began on 17 February 2011 as a civil protest and later evolved into a widespread uprising. By mid-August, anti-Gaddafi forces effectively supported by a NATO-led international coalition were ascendant in Tripolitania, breaking out of the restive Nafusa Mountains in the south to mount an offensive toward the coast and advancing from Misrata on loyalist-held cities and villages from the north and east.

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This period of the war was its endgame, with Muammar Gaddafi's defensive perimeter around Greater Tripoli collapsing and his government ultimately being routed from Tripoli. A number of members of the Gaddafi government were arrested or killed in action, including Gaddafi's youngest son Khamis, and a string of its last outposts teetered and eventually fell under the assault of the (effectively) NATO-backed revolutionaries. By the end of September, the National Transitional Council had won recognition from the United Nations, the Arab League, and the African Union as the legitimate governing authority of Libya, asserting control over the vast majority of the country.

As the war entered its momentous final days, the last remaining stronghold of government loyalists was the city of Sirte, which Gaddafi declared to be the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya's new capital after the fall of Tripoli. [1] On 20 October, NTC forces that had been arrayed around the ever-shrinking positions occupied by loyalist holdouts made a decisive push and took control of the city, capturing Gaddafi as he attempted to flee. Gaddafi, who had been seriously wounded prior to his arrest, died in custody less than an hour later. [2]

Overview map of the city of Sirte, with line of control at around 19 October. Green denotes loyalist control, red denotes rebel control. Sirt Front-final.svg
Overview map of the city of Sirte, with line of control at around 19 October. Green denotes loyalist control, red denotes rebel control.
Overview map of developments in Tripolitania. Dates for changes of hand of individual towns are given in red (rebel offensive) and green (government offensive). Tripolitanian Front-final.svg
Overview map of developments in Tripolitania. Dates for changes of hand of individual towns are given in red (rebel offensive) and green (government offensive).
Overview map of developments in Tripoli. Battle of Tripoli.svg
Overview map of developments in Tripoli.

Mid-August (16–20 August)

16 August

17 August

18 August

19 August

20 August

Battle of Tripoli (21–31 August)

21 August

22 August

23 August

24 August

25 August

26 August

27 August

28 August

29 August

30 August

Rapid National Liberation Army advances (1–23 September)

1 September

3 September

4 September

5 September

6 September

7 September

8 September

9 September

10 September

11 September

12 September

See also Ra's Lanuf raid article

14 September

15 September

Late September (16–30 September)

16 September

20 September

22 September

Takeover of Gaddafi's final strongholds (24 September – 23 October)

24 September

26 September

27 September

28 September

29 September

30 September

1 October

3 October

7 October

9 October

11 October

12 October

13 October

14 October

15 October

16 October

17 October

18 October

19 October

20 October – Gaddafi's capture and death

21 October

22 October

23 October – Civil war officially ended

31 October

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