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2011 military intervention in Libya
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On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led military intervention in Libya began in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War.
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2011 military intervention in Libya | |||||||
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Part of the First Libyan Civil War | |||||||
![]() ![]() Top: The no-fly zone over Libya as well as bases and warships which were involved in the intervention Bottom: Coloured in blue are the states that were involved in implementing the no-fly zone over Libya (coloured in green) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Opération Harmattan:![]() ![]() ![]() Operation Ellamy: ![]() ![]() ![]() Operation Mobile: ![]() ![]() ![]() Operation Odyssey Dawn: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Operation Unified Protector: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Strength | |||||||
260 aircraft 21 ships[7] |
200 medium/heavy SAM launchers 220 light SAM launchers[8] 600 anti-aircraft guns[9] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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72+ civilians killed (according to Human Rights Watch)[14] 40 civilians killed in Tripoli (Vatican claim)[15] 223–403 likely civilian deaths (per Airwars)[16][17] | |||||||
The US military claimed it had no knowledge of civilian casualties.[18] |
American and British naval forces fired over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and imposed a naval blockade.[19] The French Air Force, British Royal Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force[20] forced sorties across Libya.[21][22][23]
The intervention did not have any foreign soldiers.[24][25]
The Libyan government was unable to fight this off as they were unable to shoot down a single NATO plane.[9][26]
Countries involved with the intervention at first were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Qatar, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.[27][28][29][30][31]
Fighting in Libya ended in late October after the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, and NATO said it would end operations over Libya on 31 October 2011. Libya's new government requested that its mission be extended to the end of the year,[32] but on 27 October, the Security Council voted to end NATO's mandate for military action on 31 October.[33]
It is reported that over the eight months, NATO members carried out 7,000 bombing sorties targeting Gaddafi's forces.[34]