Italian invasion of Libya
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. As result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, later unified in the colony of Italian Libya.
| 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 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,430 killed 4,220 wounded | more than 10,000 | ||||||||
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