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Operation Ellamy
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A Eurofighter Typhoon from the RAF
Date
Location
19 March 2011 – ongoing
Libya
United Kingdom
David Cameron
Liam Fox
Belligerents
Libya
Commanders and leaders
Muammar al-Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach (CJO) [1]
Air Vice-Marshal Greg Bagwell (Air) [1]
Ali Sharif al-Rifi (Air) [2] Khamis al-Gaddafi (SF)
See Deployed Forces
None
Unknown
Strength
Casualties and losses
Multiple air force defences severely disabled. [3] Four T-72 tanks [4] ~20 Armoured Vehichles
Unknown, unverified claim by Gaddafi-controlled Libyan state media of 48 civilians killed, 150 wounded as a result of all UN
[5][dubious – discuss]
operations
Coalition forces have not reported any casualties on either side.
Operation ELLAMY [6] is the codename for the United Kingdom participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. [7] The
operation is part of an international coalition aimed at enforcing a Libyan no-fly zone in accordance with the United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 which stipulated that "all necessary measures" shall be taken to protect
civilians. [8] UK sorties are under the operational command of the United States. [9] The coalition operation is designated by
the U.S. as Operation Odyssey Dawn. [10][11] The Canadian participation is Operation MOBILE [12] and the French
participation is Opération Harmattan. [13]
The no-fly zone was proposed during the 2011 Libyan uprising to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi
from carrying out air attacks on rebel forces. Several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a conference
in Paris on 19 March, 2011. [14]
Background to operation The UN Security Council Resolution 1973 passed on the evening of 17 March 2011 gave a
mandate to countries wishing to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya militarily. A conference involving international leaders
took place in Paris on the afternoon of Saturday 19 March 2011. [15] International military action commenced after the
conference finished, with French military fighter jets being the first to participate in the operation only a few hours after
the conference finished in Paris with the first shot fired at 1645 GMT against a Libyan tank. [16]
Summary of operation
Day 1 - 19 March 2011 On the afternoon of 19 March, the Royal Navy Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Triumph [25] fired
Tomahawk cruise missiles. [26] A combined total along with US over the day was reported by the US to be over 110