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  • Western Sahara War
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  • The conflict has since shifted from military to civilian resistance. A peace process, attempting to resolve the conflict has yet produced any permanent solution to Sahrawi refugees and territorial agreement between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic. Today most of the territory of Western Sahara is under Moroccan control, while the inland parts are governed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, managed by the Polisario Front.
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Strength
  • 5000
  • Mauritania: 3,000-5,000 - 12,000 - 18,000
  • Morocco: 30,000 - 60,000 - 150,000 - 120,000
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Partof
  • The Western Sahara conflict
Date
  • --10-30
Commander
  • Hassan II
  • ValĂ©ry Giscard d'Estaing
  • Mustafa Ould Salek
  • Abdelaziz Bennani
  • Ahmed Dlimi
  • Brahim Gali
  • Driss Basri
  • El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed
  • Hammou Arzaz
  • Housni Benlismane
  • Lahbib Ayoub
  • Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
  • Michel Claude Forget
  • Mohamed Abdelaziz
  • Mohamed Abrouk
  • Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah
  • Mohamed Lamine Uld Bujari
  • Mohamed Ould Bah Ould Abdelkader
  • Mokhtar Ould Daddah
Caption
  • Map of the Western Sahara, the red line is the military berm built by Morocco
Casus Belli
  • Decolonization of Spanish Sahara, Invasion by Morocco & Mauritania
Casualties
  • 1000
  • Morocco: 7,000 soldiers killed, 2,155 - 2,300 captured Mauritania: 2,000 soldiers killed
  • Civilian Casualties: 3,000 killed , 650 missing 40,000 - 80,000 displaced 3 German pilots killed
Result
  • *Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords *Mauritanian retreat *Polisario Front - Morocco ceasefire
combatant
  • United States
  • Libya
  • Supported by:
  • Polisario Front / Sahrawi Republic
Place
  • Western Sahara, Morocco, Mauritania
Conflict
  • Western Sahara War
abstract
  • The conflict has since shifted from military to civilian resistance. A peace process, attempting to resolve the conflict has yet produced any permanent solution to Sahrawi refugees and territorial agreement between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic. Today most of the territory of Western Sahara is under Moroccan control, while the inland parts are governed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, managed by the Polisario Front.
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