2011 – 2020
The 2011 uprising, state repression, and NATO intervention under a United Nations civilian-protection mandate ended Muammar Gaddafi’s rule but left rival armed groups and weak institutions. A second war from 2014 drew intervention from regional powers, Turkey, Russia-linked forces, and others. The October 2020 ceasefire ended large-scale combat, leaving Libya in a frozen political division between rival governments in Tripoli and the east, with foreign forces still present and national elections indefinitely postponed.
Chapter-by-chapter narrative with maps, primary sources, and key events.
Explore battles on a live map with a timeline slider and territory overlays.
Deep-dive into every major engagement — commanders, casualties, significance.
Biographical flip cards with real portraits, facts, and full biography pages.
Trace each figure's full life journey — birth, education, battles, and death — on a live map.
Scroll-driven visualization of casualties — each dot a thousand lives.
Weapons, war machines, and the military innovations that defined how this conflict was fought.
Cause-and-effect chains tracing the war's long shadow on history.
War crimes, massacres, and the darkest chapters of this conflict — documented for history.
The 2011 uprising, state repression, and NATO intervention under a United Nations civilian-protection mandate ended Muammar Gaddafi’s rule but left rival armed groups and weak institutions. A second war from 2014 drew intervention from regional powers, Turkey, Russia-linked forces, and others. The October 2020 ceasefire ended large-scale combat, leaving Libya in a frozen political division between rival governments in Tripoli and the east, with foreign forces still present and national elections indefinitely postponed.
Libyan Civil War was fought from 2011 to 2020.
Libyan Civil War was fought between GNA → GNU (Tripoli, UN-recognized) and Gaddafi → LNA / Haftar & the East.
An estimated 40,020 people died in Libyan Civil War, including roughly 25,020 military and 15,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Battle of Benghazi, LNA Offensive on Tripoli, Fall of Tripoli, and Battle of Misrata.