Second Battle of N'Djamena

Second Battle of N'Djamena
	Part of Chadian-Libyan conflict
Date	March 22 – December 15, 1980
Location	N'Djamena, Chad
Result	Decisive Libyan victory N'Djamena captured; Chad occupied by Libya; Chadian-Libyan merger;
Belligerents
FROLINAT; GUNT; FAP; Libya (from December); Supported by:; American and British mercenaries	FAN; FAT; Supported by:; France (until May); China; Egypt; Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Goukouni Oueddei; Muammar Gaddafi; Radwan Radwan	Hissène Habré
Strength
~5,500; 5,000; ~60 tanks; ~40 armored vehicles; Numerous Mi-25s, SF.260s and Tu-22s	4,000
Casualties and losses
	5,000 – 10,000 killed; 1 Mi-25 destroyed; ~20 tanks and vehicles destroyed or disabled

The Second Battle of N'Djamena was a large scale and bloody battle during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. While initially fought between Chadian proxies, it eventually resulted in Libya's direct intervention, and was Gaddafi's first military victory in the conflict.