Republic of Chad
This article is about the specific polity Republic of Chad and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. It gained independence from France in 1960.
Establishment
August 1960: Independence of Chad.
Chronology
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A series of conflictes between Libya and Chad caused by border disputes over the Aouzou stripe.
August 1978: On the night of August 27, 1978, Ahmat Acyl, leader of the Islamist faction of FROLINAT known as the Armée Volcan, attacked Faya-Largeau with the support of Libyan forces in what was an apparent attempt by Gaddafi to remove Goukouni from leading the movement.
November 1980: In early October, Libyan troops, led by Khalifa Haftar and Ahmed Oun, entered the Aouzou strip.
December 1981: On October 29, Goukouni demanded the complete and unequivocal withdrawal of Libyan troops from Chadian territory, which, starting from the capital, was completed by December 31. The Libyans redeployed in the Aouzou strip.
November 1982: With Libyan support, Goukouni put the GUNT back on its feet by establishing itself in October in Bardaï.
June 1983: Faya-Largeau in northern Chad is occupied by Libyan forces.
July 1983: Goukouni's forces were defeated and Habré launched a vast counter-offensive which allowed him to retake Abéché, Biltine, Fada in rapid succession.
July 1983: Faya-Largeau conquered by Republic of Chad.
August 1983: In 1983, the GUNT forces, led by former Chadian President Goukouni Oueddei, advanced quickly towards the towns of Koro Toro, Oum Chalouba, and Abéché in Chad.
August 1983: The GUNT-Libyan alliance invested the Faya-Largeau oasis.
August 1983: The French government established a limit (Red Line) along the 15th parallel, from Mao to Abéché, and warned that it would not tolerate any incursions south of this line by Libyan or GUNT troops. Both the French and the Libyans remained on their side of the line, effectively dividing Chad in two.
January 1987: In 1987, Chadian President Hissène Habré launched an offensive to retake the northern territories from Libyan forces. The attack on the heavily fortified Libyan communications base in Fada marked the beginning of Habré's successful reconquest of the region.
April 1987: Chadian assaults on B'ir Kora and Ouadi Doum.
September 1987: Aouzou fell to the FANTs.
1.1.Occupation of Aouzou Strip
Was the military invasion and occupation of the Aozou Stripe, in Chad, by Libyan forces.
July 1973: Tombalbaye broke diplomatic relations with Israel and is said to have secretly agreed on 28 November to cede the Aouzou Strip to Libya. In exchange, Gaddafi pledged 40 million pounds to the Chadian President and the two countries signed a Treaty of Friendship in December 1972. Six months after the signing of the 1972 treaty, Libyan troops moved into the Strip and established an airbase just north of Aouzou, protected by surface-to-air missiles. A civil administration was set up, attached to Kufra, and Libyan citizenship was extended to the few thousand inhabitants of the area. From that moment, Libyan maps represented the area as part of Libya.
1.2.Ibrahim Abatcha offensive
Was a Libyan offensive against Chad that resulted in the occupation of northern Chad by Libyan forces.
February 1978: Ibrahim Abatcha offensive on 29 January 1978 against the last outposts held by the government in northern Chad: Faya-Largeau, Fada and Ounianga Kébir. The attacks were successful, and Oueddei and the Libyans assumed control of the BET Prefecture.
