Battle of Fada

Battle of Fada
Part of Toyota War
Date2 January 1987
Location
Result Chadian victory
Belligerents
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Chad CDR
 Chad
Commanders and leaders
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Unknown Hassan Djamous
Strength
1,200 Libyan soldiers[1]
300-400 CDR militia
3,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
784 killed
81 captured
92 tanks destroyed
33 armoured vehicles destroyed
13 tanks captured
18 armoured vehicles captured
18 killed
3 trucks destroyed

The Battle of Fada took place in northern Chad in 1987, and was a turning point of the Chadian–Libyan conflict.[2][3]

  1. ^ Pollack 2002, pp. 391
  2. ^ Pollack 2002, pp. 391–392
  3. ^ Nolutshungu 1995, p. 216

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