Explanation: In the 1980s, the country of Libya under Muammar Gadaffi invaded the country of Chad in order to enforce Libya’s imperialist interests, after supporting the then-ongoing civil war for nearly a decade. Libya, as a fairly wealthy petro-state, had a modern army with state-of-the-art armored vehicles.
The rather rag-tag military of Chad had experience fighting from their recent civil war, but little in the way of modern military equipment, save for a flood of last-minute acquisitions sent by France, Zaire, and the USA (which opposed Libya), including large amounts of anti-tank missiles.
Chad opted for a then-fairly-novel tactic - mounting heavy weapons on civilian pickup trucks, a near-universal tactic amongst irregulars we now call ‘Technicals’. Between that, their own determination to not be puppeteered by a foreign invader, and the incompetence of a Libyan military made to impress - but not challenge - the dictator at its head, Chad delivered to Libya a stunning and humiliating defeat in what became known as the Toyota War
Thinking quickly they defeated an army of modern tanks using only some string, a squirrel, and large amounts of anti-tank missiles.
/s/j
Also WWII:
And a bit later a spicy vespa:
Shocking Quadrophenia alt ending revealed.
Oh dude, Gaddafi invading each one of his neighbours and getting his ass handed to him every time is one of my favourite recent history topics.
Literal cartoon villain with Napoleonic plans for empire spanning throughout Northern Africa, military background and enormous wealth, who still loses at the end of every episode.
Chad (the country)
lol that this now has to be specified
also, technicals mentioned!!! haha pickup truck go pew pew
Their president Idriss Deby died riding into battle, what a chad way to go.
Warrior-King energy, a true son of Chad
