Western Sahara War
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Was a conflict of Marocco and Mauritania (until 1979) against the Sahrawi Indigenous Polisario Front that followed the Spanish withdrawal from Spanish Sahara. The Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front established the Sahrawi Republic and engaged in a guerrilla warfare with Moroccan forces. Morocco did also build several walls in the region to consolidate its control. The conflict ended with a ceasefire in 1991 with most of former Spanish Sahara under Moroccan control.
Chronology
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Was the occupation and partition of Spanish Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania after the withdrawal of the Spanish forces.
December 1975: Laayoune conquered by morocco.
December 1975: In 1975, Mauritanian President Mokhtar Ould Daddah's troops seized Tichla and Lagouira, marking the military occupation of the territory. This action was part of Mauritania's territorial expansion efforts in the region.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under the leadership of President Moktar Ould Daddah, theoretically controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, led by King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds. This division led to conflict and instability in the region.
January 1976: The last Spanish troops leave Laâyoune while the Moroccan troops arrive in Dakhla.
November 1975: Moroccan troops capture Smara.
January 1976: Mauritanian troops occupy Dakhla.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under President Moktar Ould Daddah, controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, under King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds through military occupation. This division was a result of the Madrid Accords of 1975, which divided the territory between the two countries.
Was the military invasion of Moroccan-held territories in Western Sahara by Algeria to support the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.
February 1976: Second Battle of Amgala.
January 1976: In January 1976, Algeria decided to participate in the conflict and advanced to Amgala, more than 300 km west of its border with Western Sahara.
January 1976: The First Battle of Amgala took place in 1976 when the Polisario Front, a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement, clashed with Moroccan forces in Amgala, Western Sahara. The territory was under Spanish control until 1976 when it was divided between Morocco and Mauritania, leading to ongoing conflict with the Sahrawi people seeking independence.
Was the establishment of the Sahrawi Republic in West Sahara by the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.
September 1976: Haouza was a strategic location in Western Sahara, where the Polisario Front, a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement, clashed with Moroccan forces in 1976. The Polisario Front eventually gained control of Haouza, contributing to the territory's transfer to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
January 1979: Battle of Tan-Tan.
February 1976: On February 27, 1976, the Polisario Front, a Saharawi political party, proclaimed the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Bir Lehlou the day after the withdrawal of the Spanish army from the territory. The territory of Algeria passes to the Polisario front.
Mauritania declared a unilateral ceasefire with the Sahrawi Republic and withdraw its troops form Western Sahara.
August 1979: In 1979, Mauritania declared a unilateral ceasefire against the Polisario Front because of the military putsch that overthrew former President Moktar Ould Daddah a year earlier. The Mauritanian forces handed over the occupied territories to Morocco.
August 1979: Situation in Mauretania at the end of the war.
August 1979: The Moroccans reconquered the Mauretanian occupied region in Western Sahara.
Morocco built a series of walls in Western Sahara to secure its territorial occupation during the Western Sahara War.
February 1984: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the second wall of Western Sahara.
June 1984: In 1984, the third wall of Western Sahara was completed, solidifying the de facto situation in the region.
February 1985: In 1985, the fourth wall was completed in Western Sahara, marking the de facto control of the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco.
May 1987: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the sixth wall of Western Sahara.
October 1985: Completion of the fifth wall in Western Sahara by Morocco.
July 1982: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the first wall of Western Sahara.
