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|image=EUFOR - Tchad (3).jpg
|caption=Chadian soldiers on a [[Toyota Land Cruiser (J70)|Toyota Land Cruiser]] pickup truck in 2008. Vehicles such as these gave the 1986–1987 conflict its name.
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|place=[[Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture]], [[Chad]]
|casus=Libyan occupation of northern Chad
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After a succession of counterattacks, toward the end of August, the Libyans finally drove the 400 Chadian soldiers out of the town. This victory – the first by Libyan ground forces since the start of the Toyota War – was apparently achieved through close-range air strikes, which were followed by ground troops advancing cross-country in jeeps, Toyota all-terrain trucks, and light armoured vehicles. For the Libyans, who had previously relied on ponderous tracked armour, the assault represented a conversion to the desert warfare tactics developed by FANT.{{sfn|Collelo|1990|p={{page needed|date=February 2021}}}} To highlight the victory, Gaddafi flew foreign journalists to the region, so the news of his victory could reach the headlines.<ref name=Simons58/>
Habré quickly reacted to this setback and to the continued bombing of FANT concentrations in northern Chad. On September 5, 1987, he mounted a [[Battle of Maaten al-Sarra|surprise raid against the key Libyan air base at Maaten al-Sarra]]. Reportedly, 1,000 Libyans were killed, 300 were captured, and hundreds of others were forced to flee into the surrounding desert. Chad claimed that its troops destroyed about 32 aircraft – including [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] and [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23]] fighters, [[Sukhoi Su-17|Sukhoi Su-22]] [[fighter-bombers]], and [[Mil Mi-24]] helicopters – before the FANT column withdrew to Chadian soil.{{sfn|Collelo|1990|p={{page needed|date=February 2021}}}}
The attack had been opposed by France, which refused to provide FANT with intelligence and logistical support, causing FANT to suffer considerable losses. The [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Defence Minister]]
==Ceasefire==
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