Remains of two Palmaria heavy howitzers of the Gaddafi forces, destroyed by French warplanes on the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, in Opération Harmattan on 19 March 2011.
Date
19–20 March 2011
Location
Benghazi, Libya
Result
Decisive Anti-Gaddafi victory
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces
National Liberation Army
Free Libyan Air Force
UNSC Resolution 1973 forces[1]
France[2]
Gaddafi Loyalists
Libyan Army
Paramilitary forces
Strength
8,000 defected soldiers (rebel claim)[3] Thousands of volunteers and militia
20 French fighter jets[4]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Anti-Gaddafi forces
261 killed*[5] MiG-23 shot down[6]
27–30 killed;[7] 50 captured;[8] 70 vehicles destroyed:[9] 14 tanks or SP howitzers, 20 APCs, 2 mobile MRLs, 1 mobile SAM[10] and 33 jeeps, SUVs, technicals or trucks;[11] 4 tanks captured[12]
*The number of dead on the rebel side includes both opposition fighters and civilians
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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 Second Battle of Benghazi took place during the Libyan Civil War between army units and militiamen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and anti-Gaddafi forces in Benghazi.[12] The battle marked the start of a United Nations-mandated military intervention in the conflict, with fighter jets from the French Air Force attacking and destroying several pro-Gaddafi units, forcing them to retreat.[13]
On 18 March, Gaddafi's forces bypassed Ajdabiya by using the coastal roads instead of the roads directly linked with Ajdabiya, avoiding the need to capture Ajdabiya to proceed. By night the loyalist troops had positioned themselves within kilometres of Benghazi's two southern entry points, the western southern gate being called the west gate.
^"UN clears way for Libyan no-fly zone". ABC News. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"French strikes destroy tanks near Benghazi". Euronews. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"Battle for control rages in Libya". Al Jazeera. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"Libye : "une vingtaine d'appareils" engagés" [Libya: "twenty units" engaged]. Europe 1 (in French). Agence France-Presse. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^850 total killed in Benghazi,[1] of which 589 died in other incidents, Casualties of the 2011 Libyan civil war#Timeline of reported deaths per event leaving 261 dead during the second battle
^"Mig-23 shot down over Benghazi". 19 March 2011.
^2 mercenary infiltrators killed,[2] Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine 9 [3]-12 [4] killed in street fighting, 16 killed in tank column [5], total of 27-30 reported killed
^"A Gadhafi soldier speaks". CNN. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^"U.S. official: Gadhafi's momentum stopped". CNN. Tripoli. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"Photo Gallery: The bombardment of Libya". Der Spiegel. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^Cite error: The named reference smolders was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abAbbas, Mohammed (19 March 2011). "Rebels say they repulse Gaddafi attack on Benghazi". Reuters Africa. Benghazi. Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"Libya Live Blog - March 20". Al Jazeera. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
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