Regional1976

Battle of Nouakchott

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Mauritania

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Nouakchott (1976), part of the Western Sahara Wars. Mauritania defeated Polisaro.

Belligerents2

Mauritania
Polisaro

Conflict graph

PART OFWestern Sahara Conflict

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Nouakchott (1976). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-nouakchott · Sources & methodology