✦ History

Libyan civil war (2011)

February 15 – October 23, 2011

Result Libyan opposition/NATO victory

Uprising against Muammar Gaddafi that became a civil war. A NATO air campaign helped the rebels take Tripoli, and Gaddafi was captured and killed in Sirte.

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Battles 19

February 15–20, 2011
First Battle of Benghazi Benghazi
February 23 – May 15, 2011
Battle of Misrata (2011) البيضاء Khamis Gaddafi
March 2, 2011
First Battle of Brega Anti-Gaddafi victory Brega Muammar Gaddafi
March 4–5, 2011
Battle of Ras Lanuf First phase: Libyan opposition victory Ras Lanuf Muammar Gaddafi
March 6–11, 2011
Battle of Bin Jawad Libyan government victory Bin Jawad Muammar Gaddafi
March 10, 2011
First Battle of Zawiya Decisive pro-Gaddafi victory Zawiya Khamis Gaddafi
March 13–15, 2011
Second Battle of Brega Libyan government victory Brega Muammar Gaddafi
March 15–26, 2011
Battle of Ajdabiya Pro-Gaddafi victory in the first phase Anti-Gaddafi victory in the second phase Ajdabiya Khamis Gaddafi
March 19 – October 31, 2011
2011 military intervention in Libya Libya Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nicolas Sarkozy
March 19–20, 2011
Second Battle of Benghazi Decisive Anti-Gaddafi victory Benghazi Khamis Gaddafi
March 26–30, 2011
First Gulf of Sidra offensive * * Sirte
March 31 – April 7, 2011
Third Battle of Brega Libyan government victory Brega Muammar Gaddafi
June 12, 2011
Zawiya skirmish Pro-Gaddafi victory Zawiya
July 14–21, 2011
Fourth Battle of Brega Pro-Gaddafi victory (First phase) Anti-Gaddafi victory (Second phase) Brega
July 17 – September 27, 2011
Fezzan campaign Fezzan
August 18, 2011
Nafusa Mountains campaign Indecisive Nafusa Mountains
August 20–28, 2011
Battle of Tripoli (2011) Decisive Anti-Gaddafi victory Tripoli Mahmoud Jibril, Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, Mahdi al-Harati
September 8 – October 17, 2011
Battle of Bani Walid Bani Walid
September 15 – October 20, 2011
Battle of Sirte (2011) Decisive National Transitional Council victory Sirte Muammar Gaddafi, Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr

Key commanders

Gaddafi loyalists 9

Muammar Gaddafi Leader of Libya, Overthrown and killed Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi military commander Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr military commander Khamis Gaddafi military commander Mahmoud Jibril belligerent leader Khalifa Belqasim Haftar military commander Mahdi al-Harati military commander Charles Bouchard military commander Mustafa Abdul Jalil military commander

Anti-Gaddafi forces 15

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani belligerent leader Robert Gates military commander James G. Stavridis military commander Khalifa Belqasim Haftar military commander Charles Bouchard military commander Mustafa Abdul Jalil military commander Barack Obama belligerent leader Hillary Clinton belligerent leader Nicolas Sarkozy belligerent leader David Cameron belligerent leader Stephen Harper belligerent leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen military commander Alain Juppé military commander Liam Fox military commander Peter MacKay military commander

Libya 2

Muammar Gaddafi military commander Khamis Gaddafi military commander