Battle of Tripoli (1911)
| Battle of Tripoli | |||||||||
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| Part of the Italo-Turkish War | |||||||||
Italian Navy landing sailors on the beach of Tripoli | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Italy | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Luigi Faravelli Umberto Cagni | Neshat Bey | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,700 troops 4 battleships 4 armoured cruisers 1 protected cruiser |
3,000 troops 1 gunboat | ||||||||
The Battle of Tripoli was fought in October 1911, during the initial stages of the Italo-Turkish War, and saw the capture of Tripoli, capital city of Tripolitania (and present-day Libya), by Italian landing forces. It marked the beginning of the land campaign in Libya of the Italo-Turkish War as well as the beginning of the Italian colonization of Libya.