battle, Cold War

Battle of Fada

Name: Battle of Fada
Start: 1987-01-02
Location: Fada, Chad

Battle of Fada was a battle fought on 2 January 1987 at Fada, in what is now Chad. It was part of the Chadian–Libyan War, which ran from 1978 to 1987. The recorded result: Chadian victory. Recorded strength: 1,200 Libyan soldiers; 300–400 CDR militia against 3,000 soldiers.

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Fought2 January 1987

WhereFada, Chad17.183N, 21.583E

OutcomeChadian victory

BelligerentsLibya; CDRagainstChad

Part ofChadian–Libyan War1978 to 1987

Where it sits in the Chadian–Libyan War

4 placed engagements of the Chadian–Libyan War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	2 January 1987
Place	Fada, Chad 17.183N, 21.583E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	1,200 Libyan soldiers; 300–400 CDR militia	3,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses	784 killed; 81 captured; 92 tanks destroyed; 33 armoured vehicles destroyed; 13 tanks captured; 18 armoured vehicles captured	18 killed; 3 trucks destroyed
Commanders	Hassan Djamous

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ouadi Doum air raid 1986, 210 km NW
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra 1987, 501 km N
Battle of Aouzou 1987, 674 km NW
Battle of Kufra 1941, 798 km N
Sonderkommando Blaich 1942, 901 km SW

In the same war

Before: Operation Épervier 1986
All 4 engagements of Chadian–Libyan War

Elsewhere in 1987

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Angola
Operation Earnest Will United Arab Emirates
Siege of Basra Iraq
Chemical bombing of Sardasht Iran
Operation Prime Chance

Battle of Fada is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 12 in present-day Chad.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2502062, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fada, revision 1384604391, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.