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  • First Barbary War
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  • The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War or the Barbary Coast War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were Tripoli and Algiers, which were quasi-independent entities nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire, and the independent Sultanate of Morocco.
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  • 11
  • 4000
  • United States
  • First Squadron:
  • Third Squadron:
  • Approx. 500 Greek and Arab mercenaries
  • Second Squadron:
  • Swedish royal navy:
  • Various Cruisers
  • William Eaton's Invasion:
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Casus
  • Financial demands from the Pasha of Tripoli refused
Date
  • --05-10
  • October 2012
Commander
  • 22
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Rudolf Cederström
  • Richard Morris
  • Gustav IV Adolf
  • Edward Preble
  • Richard Dale
  • William Eaton
Type
  • content
Caption
  • --08-03
Issue
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Casualties
  • Greek/Arab mercenaries: killed and wounded unknown
  • United States: 35 killed, 64 wounded
  • estimated 800 dead, 1,200 wounded at Derne plus ships and crew lost in naval defeats
Result
  • American victory, peace treaty
combatant
  • 22
Place
  • Off the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli; Derne
Conflict
  • First Barbary War
abstract
  • The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War or the Barbary Coast War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were Tripoli and Algiers, which were quasi-independent entities nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire, and the independent Sultanate of Morocco.
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