Source for current Libyan civil war

[ncc1701e 11]

Hi all,

Could you please recommend some sources / books regarding the libyan civil war (2011 / 2018)? I am looking for the military operations with some more details, if possible, that what I could find on wikipedia or the few things I have currently found.

Thanks in advance

 

[LongLeftFlank 134]

Try searching archives here: www.understandingwar.org

[Sgt.Squarehead 324]

Long War Journal may prove useful too:

https://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/libya

[ncc1701e 11]

Thanks guys, it helps

[Combatintman 325]

What exactly are you looking for or what is your intent? For instance are you looking for stuff to make a scenario/campaign out of or is this for study purposes or are you looking for general backgrounders to broaden your knowledge. I've always found in my career that the best place to start in any form of research is to ask yourself the question 'What exactly am I looking for?'

[ncc1701e 11]

11 hours ago, Combatintman said:

What exactly are you looking for or what is your intent?

My goal is to design several scenario for CMSF2 taking the historical background of this civil war. Too early for a campaign I am afraid. I prefer to start with something little.

I am reading plenty of stuff right now to give me some ideas of interesting things to translate into scenario. I think I have all the necessary equipments (RED tanks / technicals) to do something not too far away from history. Perhaps will miss some NATO air assets like Tiger helicopters but an Apache is not too bad after all.

Of course, this will be RED vs RED

[Combatintman 325]

Daily NATO updates – some are pretty bland but others give locations (city name) of strikes.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_71994.htm

Mapping the Libyan Conflict – fiddly interface but some good stuff

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/28217294/mapping-the-libyan-conflict-insct-syracuse-university

RAND Study on Airpower

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR676.html

You might get scenarios out of these three:

http://unosat-maps.web.cern.ch/unosat-maps/LY/CE20110220LBY/UNOSAT_LBY_CE2011_Zawiyah-8MAR11_REPORT_v2_HR.pdf

http://unosat-maps.web.cern.ch/unosat-maps/LY/CE20110220LBY/UNOSAT_LBY_CE2011_AbuKammash-14MAR11Report_v1_HR.pdf

http://unosat-maps.web.cern.ch/unosat-maps/LY/CE20110220LBY/UNOSAT_LBY_CE2011_AbuKammash-5MAR11Report_v1_HR.pdf

[ncc1701e 11]

Thank you so much @Combatintman

[Combatintman 325]

No worries, here's some more to keep you going and I'll probably leave it at that:

Maps (although most of the Guardian ones are now dead)

https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/libya-2011.html

Progress of the conflict for the first few months:

http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/25/world/middleeast/map-of-how-the-protests-unfolded-in-libya.html

Uppsala Conflict Database:

http://www.ucdp.uu.se/#/exploratory