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Italian Tripolitania
Italian Tripolitania was an Italian colony, located in present-day western Libya, that existed from 1911 to 1934. It was part of the territory conquered from the Ottoman Empire after the Italo-Turkish War in 1911. Italian Tripolitania included the western northern half of Libya, with Tripoli as its main city. In 1934, it was unified with Cyrenaica in the colony of Italian Libya.
History.
Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were formed in 1912, after the conquest of Ottoman Tripolitania in the Italo
a diplomatic settlement was rejected by the Italians, and the Turks determined therefore to defend the province.As a result of this conflict, Italy captured Ottoman Tripolitania. These territories together formed what became known as Italian Libya. During the conflict, Italian forces also occupied the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea.
Events October.
- October 5 – Italian troops occupy Tripoli end Bengazi.
- October 11 – The Italian expeditionary force, commanded by General Carlo Caneva, start the occupation of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica.
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