Battle of Amgala (1989)
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Date8 November 1989
Location
| Battle of Amgala (1989) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Western Sahara War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Morocco | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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45 killed (Morocco claim)[1] 250 killed 350 wounded (POLISARIO claim)[2][3] 28 captured[4] |
87 killed (Morocco claim)[1] | ||||
The 1989 Battle of Amgala took place on 8 November 1989, when two POLISARIO mechanized columns launched a massive attack against Moroccan troops in the Amgala region, managing to cross the Moroccan Wall and advance 20 kilometres (12 mi) in direction to Smara, to finally retreat before Moroccan retaliation to their positions in the Free Zone (region).[5]
It was the last military operation of the Western Sahara War until Operation Rattle in 1991.
