Pro-Gaddafi forces repel four rebel attacks on the town
Anti-Gaddafi forces capture the town after the fifth attack
Local militia recapture the city on 23 January 2012
Belligerents
National Transitional Council
National Liberation Army
NATO command[1]
Gaddafi Loyalists
Libyan Armed Forces
Paramilitary forces
Commanders and leaders
Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak †[2] Musa Yunis[3]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[4]
Strength
5,000 fighters[5] 150 technicals
2,000 fighters[6] Several dozen technicals and BM-21 Grad launchers[7][8]
Casualties and losses
85–91 killed[9] 215–231 wounded[10]
7–9 killed (In September, October casualties unknown)[11] 315–317 captured (NTC claim)[12]
19–22 civilians killed[13]
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First Libyan Civil War
Timeline
Feb–18 Mar
19 Mar–May
Jun–15 Aug
16 Aug–Oct
Bayda
1st Benghazi
1st Tripoli
Misrata
1st Zawiya
Nafusa Mountains
Wazzin
Gharyan
1st Brega
Ra's Lanuf
Bin Jawad
2nd Brega
Ajdabiya
2nd Benghazi
1st Gulf of Sidra
3rd Brega
Brega–Ajdabiya
Cyrenaican desert
Misrata Frontline
Tawergha
Zliten
uprising
Sebha
Zawiya
4th Brega
Fezzan
Sebha
Msallata
Coastal Offensive
2nd Zawiya
Ras Ajdir
Tripoli
2nd Gulf of Sidra
2nd Bin Jawad
Sirte
Bani Walid
Ra's Lanuf
Ghadames
2nd Tripoli
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
The Battle of Bani Walid was a military operation in the Libyan Civil War conducted by anti-Gaddafi forces in September and October 2011, in an effort to take control of the desert city of Bani Walid from pro-Gaddafi forces. It began following days of force buildup on the part of the attackers, as well as skirmishes around the city.
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^1 [1]-2 [2][permanent dead link] killed (9 September), 4 killed (10 September),[3] Archived 13 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 5 killed (11 September),[4] 7 killed (12 September),[5] 6 [6] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine-11 [7] killed (16 September), 2 killed (18 September),[8][permanent dead link], 4 killed (19 September),[9] 4 killed (21 September),[10][11] Archived 25 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2 killed (25 September),[12] Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine 4 killed (27 September),[13] 11 killed (28 September),[14] 1 killed (30 September),[15] Archived 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine 2 killed (5 October),[16] 17 killed (10 October),[17] 9 killed (14 October),[18] 3 killed (16 October),[19] 3 killed (17 October),[20][permanent dead link] total of 85–91 reported killed
^3 wounded (9 September),[21] 26 wounded (10 September),[22] Archived 13 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 14 wounded (11 September),[23] 54 [24] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine-70 [25] wounded (16 September), 15 wounded (18 September),[26][permanent dead link] 6 wounded (21 September),[27][28] Archived 25 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 11 wounded (27 September),[29] 6 wounded (30 September),[30] Archived 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine 80 wounded (10 October),[31] total of 215–231 reported wounded
^1 killed (8 September),[32] 3–5 killed (9 September),[33] 2 killed (10 September),[34] 1 killed (18 September),[35][permanent dead link] total of 7–9 reported killed
^Al-Shalchi, Hadeel (10 September 2011). "Libyan fighters say they're fighting in town of Bani Walid, one of Gadhafi's last bastions". Global TV. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
^4–5 killed (9 September),[36] Archived 4 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 2 killed (11 September; unconfirmed),[37] 15 killed (16–24 September),[38] total of 19–22 reported killed
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