List of wars involving Chad

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Chad.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)	FROLINAT First Liberation Army Second Liberation Army Third Liberation Army Various splinter factions FLT Volcan Army FAP FAN Libya	Chad Chadian Armed Forces FROLINAT's First Liberation Army (c. 1975)^[1] FAN (1978–79) France	Government Overthrow Overthrow and death of François Tombalbaye in 1975 Overthrow of Félix Malloum in 1979 Signing of Lagos Accord and installation of Transitional Government of National Unity
Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)	Anti-Libyan Chadian factions FAT (1978–1979) FAN (1978–1983) FANT (1983–1987) GUNT (1986–1987) France Inter-African Force Zaire Nigeria^[2]	Libya Islamic Legion^[3] Pro-Libyan Chadian factions FROLINAT GUNT (1979–1986) Codos (1983–1986) PLO (1987)^[4]^[5]	Chadian/French victory Chad keeps control of the Aouzou Strip.
Toyota War(1986 – 1987)	Libya CDR PLO^[6]^[5]	FANT FAP France (Opération Épervier)	Decisive Chadian and French victory Expulsion of Libyan forces from Chad
Central African Republic Bush War (2004 – 2007)	Rebels: Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ)	Central African Republic Chad MINURCAT MICOPAX (CEEAC)	Violence persists despite an April 2007 peace agreement Eventual outbreak of a second civil war in 2012
Chadian Civil War(2005 – 2010)	Chad France Darfur rebels Supported by Israel Ukraine	United Front for Democratic Change Union of Forces for Development and Democracy Gathering of Forces for Change Janjaweed Other rebel groups	Government victory
Boko Haram insurgency (2009 – present)	Multinational Joint Task Force Nigeria Cameroon^[7] Chad^[8] Niger^[9] Benin^[10] Turkey	Boko Haram (partially aligned with ISIL from 2015)^[a] Shekau faction^[16]^[17] Several minor factions^[11] ISWAP (originally Barnawi faction of Boko Haram; from 2016)^[18] Ansaru^[b]	Ongoing (Map of the current military situation) Expansion of conflict into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Niger Coalition offensive in 2015 forces Boko Haram to retreat into the Sambisa Forest Abubakar Shekau killed on 19 May 2021 amid ISWAP's capture of Sambisa Forest
Chadian intervention in northern Mali (2013 – present)	Chad Mali	AQIM MUJAO	Ongoing
Insurgency in Northern Chad (2016 – present)	Chad France JEM	FACT CCMSR UFR FNDJT	Ongoing Idriss Déby was killed in action, during the Northern Chad offensive Mahamat Déby Itno becomes his successor, along established himself as the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council and dissolves the Chadian parliament after death of Idriss Déby

^ Cooper & Grandolini 2015, p. 33.
^ S. Nolutshungu, p. 164
^ Geoffrey Leslie Simons, Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie, Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, England). Pg. 57
^ "قصة من تاريخ النشاط العسكري الفلسطيني ... عندما حاربت منظمة التحرير مع القذافي ضد تشاد". Raseef22. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Talhami, Ghada Hashem (30 November 2018). Palestinian Refugees: Pawns to Political Actors. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781590336496 – via Google Books.
^ "قصة من تاريخ النشاط العسكري الفلسطيني... عندما حاربت منظمة التحرير مع القذافي ضد تشاد - رصيف22". 4 December 2018.
^ Faced with Boko Haram, Cameroon weighs death penalty for terrorism. Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine By Tansa Musa, Reuters. YAOUNDE Wed 3 December 2014 9:56am EST.
^ Chad armoured column heads for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine AFP for Yahoo! News, 16 January 2015 4:54 PM.
^ West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau. 17 May 2014 2:19 PM.
^ African Troops Free Dozens of Boko Haram Victims, Voice of America, Apr 10, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2021.
^ ^a ^b TRADOC G-2 (2015), pp. 4, 19.
^ ICG 2014, pp. ii, 22, 26, 27.
^ ^a ^b Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (5 August 2018). "The Islamic State West Africa Province vs. Abu Bakr Shekau: Full Text, Translation and Analysis". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to ISIS". Fox News. Associated Press. March 8, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
^ Warner & Hulme (2018), p. 22.
^ "Behind Boko Haram's Split: A Leader Too Radical for Islamic State". The Wall Street Journal. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.(subscription required)
^ "Boko Haram Split Creates Two Deadly Forces". Voice of America. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "Shekau Resurfaces, Accuses New Boko Haram Leader al-Barnawi of Attempted Coup". 360nobs. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ICG 2014, p. 26.
^ Sudarsan Raghavan (31 May 2013). "Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ Steve White (13 March 2013). "Nigerian hostage deaths: British hostage executed in error". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ Jacob Zenn (9 December 2017). "Electronic Jihad in Nigeria: How Boko Haram Is Using Social Media". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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[FOOTNOTECooperGrandolini201533-1] Cooper & Grandolini 2015, p. 33.

[iaf-2] S. Nolutshungu, p. 164

[West_Pg._57-3] Geoffrey Leslie Simons, Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie, Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, England). Pg. 57

[4] "قصة من تاريخ النشاط العسكري الفلسطيني ... عندما حاربت منظمة التحرير مع القذافي ضد تشاد". Raseef22. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[Talhami-5] Talhami, Ghada Hashem (30 November 2018). Palestinian Refugees: Pawns to Political Actors. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781590336496 – via Google Books.

[6] "قصة من تاريخ النشاط العسكري الفلسطيني... عندما حاربت منظمة التحرير مع القذافي ضد تشاد - رصيف22". 4 December 2018.

[7] Faced with Boko Haram, Cameroon weighs death penalty for terrorism. Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine By Tansa Musa, Reuters. YAOUNDE Wed 3 December 2014 9:56am EST.

[8] Chad armoured column heads for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine AFP for Yahoo! News, 16 January 2015 4:54 PM.

[yahoo-9] West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau. 17 May 2014 2:19 PM.

[10] African Troops Free Dozens of Boko Haram Victims, Voice of America, Apr 10, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2021.

[FOOTNOTETRADOC_G-220154,_19-11] TRADOC G-2 (2015), pp. 4, 19.

[FOOTNOTEICG2014ii,_22,_26,_27-12] ICG 2014, pp. ii, 22, 26, 27.

[Province_vs_Shekau-13] Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (5 August 2018). "The Islamic State West Africa Province vs. Abu Bakr Shekau: Full Text, Translation and Analysis". Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[Boko_Haram_joins_ISIL-14] "Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to ISIS". Fox News. Associated Press. March 8, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEWarnerHulme201822-15] Warner & Hulme (2018), p. 22.

[17] "Behind Boko Haram's Split: A Leader Too Radical for Islamic State". The Wall Street Journal. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.(subscription required)

[18] "Boko Haram Split Creates Two Deadly Forces". Voice of America. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[19] "Shekau Resurfaces, Accuses New Boko Haram Leader al-Barnawi of Attempted Coup". 360nobs. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[FOOTNOTEICG201426-20] ICG 2014, p. 26.

[Raghavan-21] Sudarsan Raghavan (31 May 2013). "Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[22] Steve White (13 March 2013). "Nigerian hostage deaths: British hostage executed in error". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[23] Jacob Zenn (9 December 2017). "Electronic Jihad in Nigeria: How Boko Haram Is Using Social Media". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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