battle, Cold War
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra was a battle fought on 5 September 1987 at Maaten al-Sarra Air Base, in what is now Libya. It was part of the Toyota War, which ran from 1986 to 1987. The recorded result: Decisive Chadian victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 2,500; 70+ tanks; 30+ APCs; 26–32 aircraft.
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Record
| Date | 5 September 1987 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Maaten al-Sarra Air Base, Libya 21.683N, 21.831E | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Strength | 2,000 | 2,500; 70+ tanks; 30+ APCs; 26–32 aircraft |
| Casualties and losses | 65 killed; 112 wounded | 1,000–1,713 killed; 300 captured; 70 tanks destroyed; 30 APCs destroyed; 26–32 aircraft destroyed; 8 radar stations destroyed; 1 radar scrambling device destroyed |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Kufra 1941, 315 km NE
- Battle of Aouzou 1987, 455 km W
- Battle of Fada 1987, 501 km S
- Battle of Bhopal 1737, 718 km W
- Operation Sonnenblume 1941, 767 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Aouzou 28 August 1987
Elsewhere in 1987
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Angola
- Operation Earnest Will United Arab Emirates
- Siege of Basra Iraq
- Iraqi attack on USS Stark
- Battle of Jaji Afghanistan
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 57 in present-day Libya.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4271998, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Maaten al-Sarra, revision 1370268687, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.