Operation Manta

Operation Manta shi ne tsoma bakin sojan Faransa a cikin [Chad] tsakanin shekarar 1983 zuwa shekarar 1984, a lokacin [rikicin Chadi da Libya]. Wannan farmakin ya biyo bayan mamayar sojojin hadin gwiwa na runduna ta [Libya]n da na Chadi Gwamnatin rikon kwarya (GUNT) a watan Yunin shekara ta 1983. Faransa ba ta da sha'awar shiga da farko, harin bam da jiragen saman Libya suka yi kan dabarun oasis na Faya-Largeau wanda ya fara a ranar 31 ga watan Yuli ya kai ga haduwa a Chadi na sojojin Faransa 3,500, tsoma bakin Faransa mafi girma tun bayan karshen zamanin mulkin mallaka.

Sojojin Faransa, maimakon yunkurin korar sojojin Libya daga kasar Chadi, sai suka ja layi a cikin yashi. Sun tattara sojojinsu a kan 15 parallel, wanda ake kira "Red Line," (daga baya sun haura zuwa 16 parallel) don tarewa Libya da GUNT gaba. zuwa ga N'Djamena, ta haka ne ya ceci [[Shugabannin Chadi | Shugaban Chadi] Hissène Habré. Sojojin Libiya da na 'yan tawaye sun kuma kaucewa kai hari ta hanyar Red Line tare da tunzura Faransawa. Rikicin da ya haifar ya haifar da [de facto]] na kasar Chadi, tare da Libyans da GUNT a arewa da Habré da Faransanci a tsakiya da kudancin Chadi.

Bayani

Chadi ta shiga cikin yakin basasa a Chadi (1965 – 1979 Hissène Habré ya rushe, yana fitar da siyasar bangaranci. Masu shiga tsakani na kasa da kasa sun yi yunkurin kafa wata kungiya ta Gwamnatin rikon kwarya ta kasa (GUNT), wadda ta kunshi dukkan bangarorin da ke dauke da makamai, amma yakin basasa ya yi mulki a shekara ta 1980 lokacin da Habré, wanda yanzu shi ne ministan tsaro, ya yi tawaye ga 'yan tawaye. Shugaban GUNT, Goukouni Oueddei. Habré ya yi nasarar daukar N'Djamena, babban birnin kasar Chadi, a ranar 7 ga Agusta, shekara ta 1982.Kin yarda da Habré a matsayin sabon shugaban kasar Chadi, Goukouni ya sake kafa GUNT a matsayin hadin gwiwar anti-Habré na kungiyoyin masu dauke da makamai a watan Oktoba a garin Bardaï. <ref name=Nolutshungu188>S.Nolutshungu, Iyakokin Anarchy, shafi. 188</ Ref>