Regional1979

Battle of Tan-Tan

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Morocco

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Tan-Tan (1979), part of the Western Sahara Wars. Polisario defeated Morocco.

Belligerents2

Polisario
Morocco

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 Tan-Tan (1979). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-tan-tan · Sources & methodology