battle, Cold War

Second Battle of N'Djamena

Name: Second Battle of N'Djamena
Location: N'Djamena, Chad

Second Battle of N'Djamena was a battle fought in 1980 at N'Djamena, in what is now Chad. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at N'Djamena. It was part of the Chadian–Libyan War, which ran from 1978 to 1987. The recorded result: Libyan victory; N'Djamena captured; Chad occupied by Libya; Chadian-Libyan merger. Recorded strength: ~5,500; 5,000; ~60 tanks; ~40 armored vehicles; Numerous Mi-25s, SF.260s and Tu-22s against 4,000.

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Fought1980

WhereN'Djamena, Chad12.110N, 15.050E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeLibyan victory; N'Djamena captured; Chad occupied by Libya; Chadian-Libyan merger

BelligerentsFROLINAT; GUNT; FAP; Libya (from December); Supported by: American and British mercenariesagainstFAN; FAT; Supported by: France (until May); China; Egypt; Sudan

Part ofChadian–Libyan War1978 to 1987

Record

Date	1980 (year precision) to 1980
Place	N'Djamena, Chad 12.110N, 15.050E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	~5,500; 5,000; ~60 tanks; ~40 armored vehicles; Numerous Mi-25s, SF.260s and Tu-22s	4,000
Casualties and losses		5,000 – 10,000 killed; 1 Mi-25 destroyed; ~20 tanks and vehicles destroyed or disabled
Commanders	Goukouni Oueddei Muammar Gaddafi Radwan Salleh Radwan	Hissène Habré

Placed at N'Djamena; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kusseri 1914, 3.5 km SW
Battle of Kousséri 1900, 5.1 km S
Battle of Amja 1893, 74 km SW
Siege of Mora 1914, 154 km SW
Battle of Maroua–Miskin 1902, 193 km SW

In the same war

After: Battle of Fada 2 January 1987

Elsewhere in 1980

Second Battle of N'Djamena is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 8 in present-day Chad.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104835849, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of N'Djamena, revision 1384605545, 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.