✦ History

Western Sahara War

November 1975 – September 6, 1991

Result Inconclusive

War between the Polisario Front and Morocco and Mauritania over the former Spanish Sahara, ending in a UN-brokered ceasefire.

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Battles 5

January 27–29, 1976
First Battle of Amgala Moroccan victory Amgala Houari Boumédiène, Hassan II
December 1977 – July 1978
Opération Lamantin Peace negotiation engaged between Mauritanian and Sahrawi forces. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Moktar Ould Daddah
August 11, 1979
Battle of Bir Anzarane (1979) Bir Anzarane
October 7, 1989
Battle of Guelta Zemmur (1989) Morocco victory
November 8, 1989
Battle of Amgala (1989) Amgala

Key commanders

Morocco 7

Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla belligerent leader Mustafa Ould Salek military commander Moktar Ould Daddah belligerent leader Hassan II King of Morocco, Led Morocco's claim to the territory Ahmed Dlimi military commander Abdelaziz Bennani military commander Valéry Giscard d'Estaing belligerent leader

Polisario Front 4

El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed military commander Mohamed Abdelaziz military commander Brahim Ghali military commander Houari Boumédiène military commander