Second Battle of Brega
| Second Battle of Brega | |||||||||
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| Part of Libyan Civil War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Libyan opposition | Libyan government | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bashir Abdel-Qader Khaled Kowati | Muammar Gaddafi | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5–7 killed |
25 killed 71 captured | ||||||||
The Second Battle of Brega took place during the Libyan Civil War. Eleven days earlier, anti-Gaddafi forces had beaten back an attempt by loyalist forces to take the town on 2 March 2011, in the First Battle of Brega. Following that battle, rebel forces advanced along the Libyan Coastal Highway, taking the towns of Ra's Lanuf and Bin Jawad. However, after the Battle of Bin Jawad and the Battle of Ra's Lanuf, government troops retook all of the lost territory and were once again threatening Brega by mid-March.