First Battle of Amgala

Name: First Battle of Amgala
Start: 1976-01-27
End: 1976-01-29

27 Jan 1976 – 29 Jan 1976 · 26.45° N, 11.51° W

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When: 27 Jan 1976 – 29 Jan 1976
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 26.45° N, 11.51° W
Description: was fought between 27–29 January 1976 around the oasis of Amgala

First Battle of Amgala

1976 battle of the Western Sahara War

The First Battle of Amgala was fought between 27 and 29 January 1976 around the oasis of Amgala, Western Sahara, about 260 kilometres (160 mi) west of the border with Algeria. Units from the Algerian Army were attacked by units from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces on the night of 27 January. The Algerians withdrew after fighting for 36 hours.

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Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un chasseur F5 de l’armée marocaine est abattu par un missile au-dessus de la Mauritanie ; une guerre commence au Sahara occidental entre le Maroc et l’Algérie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Western Sahara War31 Oct 1975 · War of independence · Deaths 17,000

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