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Line 42: {{Campaignbox Toyota War}} }} The '''Toyota War''' ({{Lang-ar\|حرب ~~تويوتا~~التويوتا\|Ḥarb al-Tūyūtā}}, {{Lang-fr\|Guerre des Toyota}}) or '''Great Toyota War''',{{sfn\|Neville\|2018\|p=16}} which took place in 1987 in Northern [[Chad]] and on the [[Chad–Libya border]], was the last phase of the [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]]. It takes its name from the [[Toyota]] pickup trucks, primarily the [[Toyota Hilux]] and the [[Toyota Land Cruiser]], used to provide mobility for the Chadian troops as they fought against the Libyans, and as [[Technical (vehicle)\|technical]]s.{{sfn\|Clayton\|1998\|p=161}} The 1987 war resulted in a heavy defeat for Libya, which, according to American sources, lost one tenth of its army, with 7,500 men killed and [[United States dollar\|US$]]1.5 billion worth of [[military equipment]] destroyed or captured.<ref name=Simons58>{{harvnb\|Simons\|2004\|p=58}}</ref> Chadian forces only suffered 1,000 deaths.<ref name=Pollack397/> 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 (Chad)\|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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