| Second Battle of Brega | |||||||||
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| Part of Libyan Civil War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bashir Abdel-Qader[2] Khaled Kowati[3] |
Muammar Gaddafi | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,000[citation needed] | unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5-7 killed[4] |
25 killed[5] 71 captured[6] | ||||||||
The Second Battle of Brega took place during the Libyan Civil War. Eleven days earlier, anti-Gaddafi forces had beaten back an attempt by loyalist forces to take the town on 2 March 2011, in the First Battle of Brega. Following that battle, rebel forces advanced along the Libyan Coastal Highway, taking the towns of Ra's Lanuf and Bin Jawad. However, after the Battle of Bin Jawad and the Battle of Ra's Lanuf, government troops retook all of the lost territory and were once again threatening Brega by mid-March.
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- ^ 5 on 14 March,[1] 2 on 15 March [2], total of 7 reported killed
- ^ "Libyan rebels regain control of Brega". RTÉ News. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Rebels reclaim Brega from Gaddafi forces after fierce fighting". MaltaToday. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.