What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1979
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 21.61° N, 15.00° W
- Description
- 1979 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Attack on Tichla (1979)
1979 battle
The Attack on Tichla took place on July 12, 1979, in the town of Tichla, in Western Sahara. It marked the final engagement between Mauritania and Polisario before the peace treaty in Algiers and Mauritania's withdrawal from the Western Sahara War.
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