Second Battle of Amgala

Second Battle of Amgala
Part of the Western Sahara War
Date14–15 February 1976
Location
Amgala, Western Sahara
26°26′48″N 11°30′53″W / 26.44667°N 11.51472°W / 26.44667; -11.51472
Result Algerian-Polisario Front victory
Belligerents
 Algeria
Polisario Front		  Morocco
Commanders and leaders
Houari Boumédiène
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed
Brahim Ghali		 King Hassan II
Casualties and losses
Unknown Dozens killed
Location within Western Sahara

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. According to Maurice Barbier, the Moroccan garrison in the city was entirely decimated.

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