Western Sahara War
November 1975 – September 6, 1991 · Laayoune
Result Inconclusive
War between the Polisario Front and Morocco and Mauritania over the former Spanish Sahara, ending in a UN-brokered ceasefire.
Morocco
Polisario Front
Other
Strength and losses
Morocco Strength 30,000 · Killed c. 9,500 · Captured 2,155–2,300
Mauritania Strength 3,000–5,000 · Killed c. 2,000
- Killed
- c. 16,000
Battles 5
- First Battle of Amgala January 27–29, 1976 · Moroccan victory
- Opération Lamantin December 1977 – July 1978 · Peace negotiation engaged between Mauritanian and Sahrawi forces.
- Battle of Bir Anzarane (1979) August 11, 1979
- Battle of Guelta Zemmur (1989) October 7, 1989 · Morocco victory
- Battle of Amgala (1989) November 8, 1989
Before and after
- Followed from
- Green March November 6, 1975
Madrid Accords November 14, 1975
