Operation Odyssey Dawn (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Operation Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. code name for the international military operation in Libya by a coalition that was enforcing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 during the initial period of March 19-31, 2011, which continued afterwards under NATO command as Operation Unified Protector. The initial operation implemented a no-fly zone that was proposed during the 2011 Libyan civil war to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks on rebel forces. On March 19, 2011, several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a summit in Paris. Operations commenced on the same day with a strike by French fighter jets, then U.S. and UK forces conducting strikes from ships and submarines via 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles and air assets bombing Gaddafi forces near Benghazi. The goal of coalition forces has been to impose a no-fly zone and to destroy loyalist forces that threaten civilians.