Battle of Amgala (1989)

Battle of Amgala (1989)
Part of Western Sahara War
Date8 November 1989
LocationAmgala, Western Sahara
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Morocco Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
45 killed (Morocco claim)[1]
250 killed , 350 wounded (POLISARIO claim)[2][3]
28 captured[4]		 87 killed (Morocco claim)[1]

The 1989 Battle of Amgala took place on 8 November 1989, when two POLISARIO mechanized columns launched a massive attack against Moroccan troops in the Amgala region, managing to cross the Moroccan Wall and advance twenty kilometers in direction to Smara, to finally retreat to their positions in the Liberated territories.[5]

It would be the last military operation of the Western Sahara War until the 1991 Operation Rattle.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ataque del Polisario". El País. 9 November 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2012. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "El Polisario mata a 250 soldados marroquíes". La Vanguardia. 10 November 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2012. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "18 muertos por una epidemía de cólera en los campamentos del Polisario". El País. 11 November 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2012. (Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Suecia está dispuesta a proporcionar "todo el apoyo necesario para garantizar al pueblo saharaui su derecho a la autodeterminación" (ministra de Exteriores)". Sahara Press Service. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Tercera gran ofensiva del Polisario en menos de un mes". ABC. 9 November 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2012. (Spanish)


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