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{{Short description|Last phase of the Chadian–Libyan conflict}}
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The '''Toyota War''' ({{Lang-ar|حرب تويوتا|Ḥarb Tūyūtā}}, {{Lang-fr|Guerre des Toyota}}) or '''Great Toyota War'''{{sfn|Neville|2018|p=16}} was the last phase of the [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]], which took place in 1987 in Northern [[Chad]] and on the [[
The war began with the Libyan occupation of northern Chad in 1983, when Libya's leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]], refusing to recognise the legitimacy of the [[Chadian President]] [[Hissène Habré]], militarily supported the attempt by the opposition [[Transitional Government of National Unity]] (GUNT) to overthrow Habré. The plan was foiled by the intervention of France which, first with [[Operation Manta]] and later with [[Operation Epervier]], limited Libyan expansion to north of the [[16th parallel north|16th parallel]], in the most arid and sparsely inhabited part of Chad.<ref>{{harvnb|Pollack|2002|pp=382–385}}</ref>
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