Mauritania (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Mauritania that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

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.

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.Moroccan-Mauretanian Invasion

Was the occupation and partition of Spanish Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania after the withdrawal of the Spanish forces.

January 1976: Mauritanian troops occupy Dakhla.

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.

1.2.Mauretania leaves Western Sahara

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: The Moroccans reconquered the Mauretanian occupied region in Western Sahara.