Algeria (Military Occupation)

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Territories militarly occupied by Algeria.

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Western Sahara War

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.

1.1.Algerian Intervention

Was the military invasion of Moroccan-held territories in Western Sahara by Algeria to support the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.

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.

February 1976: Second Battle of Amgala.

1.2.Creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Was the establishment of the Sahrawi Republic in West Sahara by the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.

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.