Italian invasion of Libya
1911 Italian annexation of Ottoman Libya; beginning of the Italo-Turkish War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and started the Italo-Turkish War.[1] As result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, later unified in the colony of Italian Libya.
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Italian Invasion of Libya | |||||||||
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Part of Italo-Turkish War | |||||||||
Landing of Italian marines at Tripoli | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Kingdom of Italy |
Ottoman Empire Senussi Order | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Carlo Caneva |
Mustafa Kemal Mehmed V İsmail Enver Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi | ||||||||
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1,430 killed 4,220 wounded | more than 10,000 |
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