Second Battle of Amgala
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The Second Battle of Amgala, also called Amgala II or Amgala 2, took place on 14 February 1976 in the Amgala Oasis in Western Sahara. It pitted the Moroccan troops, who lost Amgala, to the forces of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Polisario Front, supported by the Algerian army.[3] According to Maurice Barbier, the Moroccan garrison in the city was entirely decimated.[2]
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Second Battle of Amgala | |||||||
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Part of the Western Sahara War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Algeria Polisario Front | Morocco | ||||||
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Houari Boumédiène El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed Brahim Ghali | King Hassan II | ||||||
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Unknown | Dozens killed[2] | ||||||
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