First Battle of Benghazi (2011 AD)
First Battle of Benghazi (Anti-Gaddafi forces & Defected army units & Armed protesters vs Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) took place in 2011 AD during Libyan Civil War.
Battle facts
- Year: 2011 AD
- Date: 2011-02-20
- Era: Contemporary
- Conflict: Libyan Civil War
- Side A: Anti-Gaddafi forces, Defected army units, Armed protesters
- Side B: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Commanders (A): Abdul Fatah Younis (last day)
- Commanders (B): Al-Saadi Gaddafi
- Casualties: approx. Benghazi:
110–257 killed
9 missing
Bayda:
63 killed
Total:
332–479 killed
9 missing
3 T-54/55 tanks or IFVs destroyed163 killed
236 captured
3 T-54/55 tanks or IFVs destroyed
- Outcome: Decisive Anti-Gaddafi victory
Beginning of the Libyan Civil War
Benghazi becomes a core of the Anti-Gaddafi forces
- Coordinates: 32.117°, 20.067°
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