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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) |
 Ottoman Empire
|
 Venice
|
Ottoman Victory
|
| French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) |  Tripolitania
|
 France
|
Defeat |
| Maghrebi war (1699–1702) | Tripolitania
|
 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
|
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|
Victory |
| First Barbary War
(1801–1805) |
Tripolitania
|
 United States
|
Peace treaty
|
| Battle of Tripoli (1825) | Tripolitania
|
 Sardinia
|
Defeat |
| Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) | Tripolitania
|
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|
Victory |
| Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) | tripolitania
|
 italy
|
defeat |
| Italian invasion of Libya
(1911) |
 Senusiyya
|
 Italy
|
Defeat |
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Colonial period (1911-1951)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italo-Senussi War
(1911–1917) |
Senussi
|
Italy
|
Defeat
|
| Second Italo-Senussi War
(1923–1932) |
Senussi
|
Italy
|
Defeat
|
| North African Campaign
(1940–1943) |
 United Kingdom
|
Italy
|
Allied Victory |
Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Essien (1957) |  Libya FLN
|
 France
|
Victory |
Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Libyan revolution |  Free Officers Movement
|
Kingdom of Libya
|
Regime Change |
| First Sudanese Civil War
(1970) |
 Sudan
|
 ALF
|
Stalemate |
| Invasion of Uganda
(1972) |
 Uganda
|
FRONASA
|
Victory
|
| Lebanese Civil War
(1976) |
 ADF
|
 LF
|
Withdrawal
|
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
|
 Tanzania
|
Defeat
|
| Chadian–Libyan conflict
(1978–1987) |
Libya
|
 FAT
|
Defeat
|
| United States bombing of Libya
(1986) |
Libya
|
 United States
|
Both sides claimed victory
|
| Second Sudanese Civil War
(1986–1988) |
 Sudan
|
 SPLA
|
Stalemate
|
| 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
|
| Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–2020) |
HoR
|
GNA
|
Ceasefire
|
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See also
References
- Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd (1970). British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941 - 1947 (Reprint London 1948 ed.). Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-4319-4.
- ياغي, إسماعيل أحمد; شاكر, محمود (2008-10-01). تاريخ العالم الإسلامي الحديث والمعاصر : قارة إفريقية : الجزء الثاني: 1492-1980 (in Arabic). العبيكان للنشر.
- Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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