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Battle of Fada | |||||||
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Part of Toyota War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Libya CDR | Chad | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Hassan Djamous | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,200 Libyan soldiers[1] 300-400 CDR militia | 3,000 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
784 killed 81 captured 92 tanks destroyed 33 armoured vehicles destroyed 13 tanks captured 18 armoured vehicles captured |
18 killed 3 trucks destroyed |
The Battle of Fada took place in northern Chad in 1987, and was a turning point of the Chadian–Libyan conflict.[2][3]