Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)

Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
	Part of the Cold War
	; French Navy helicopter and French paratroopers during a 1971 operation in Chad
Date	1 November 1965 – November 1979
Location	Chad
Result	Overthrow and death of François Tombalbaye in 1975; Overthrow of Félix Malloum in 1979; Signing of Lagos Accord and installation of Transitional Government of National Unity;
Belligerents
FROLINAT; (from 1966) First Liberation Army (until 1975); Second Liberation Army (1968–76); Third Liberation Army (from 1968); Various splinter factions; FLT (until 1975); Volcan Army (from 1970); FAP (from 1976); FAN (1976–78, 1979); Tribal and peasant rebels; Libya (1969–72, from 1975); Supported by:; Algeria; Kingdom of Libya (non-combat, until 1969)	Chad Chadian Armed Forces; FROLINAT's First Liberation Army (c. 1975); FAN (1978–79); France; Supported by:; Egypt; Israel
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Abatcha † (FROLINAT); Abba Siddick (FROLINAT); Hissène Habré (FROLINAT, Second Liberation Army, Third Liberation Army, FAN); Goukouni Oueddei (FROLINAT, Second Liberation Army, FAP); Ahmat Acyl (FROLINAT, First Liberation Army; Volcan Army); Mohamed Baghlani (Volcan Army); Muammar al-Gaddafi	François Tombalbaye †; Félix Malloum; Ahmat Acyl (First Liberation Army); Hissène Habré (FAN); Michel Arnaud; Edouard Cortadellas
Strength
3,000 (FROLINAT, 1966); 2,000 (FAN, 1978)	1,200 Armed Forces, 700 Gendarmerie, 120 French (1968); 11,000 (1979)

The Chadian Civil War of 1965–1979 (French: Guerre civile tchadienne de 1965–1979) was waged by several rebel factions against two Chadian governments. The initial rebellion erupted in opposition to Chadian President François Tombalbaye, whose regime was marked by authoritarianism, extreme corruption, and favoritism. In 1975 Tombalbaye was murdered by his own army, and a military government headed by Félix Malloum emerged and continued the war against the insurgents. Following foreign interventions by Libya and France, the fracturing of the rebels into rival factions, and an escalation of the fighting, Malloum stepped down in March 1979. This paved the way for a new national government, known as "Transitional Government of National Unity" (GUNT).

Following the rise of GUNT, a new phase of civil war and international conflict broke out in Chad.

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