Italian invasion of 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 |
Mehmed V İsmail Enver Mustafa Kemal Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,430 killed 4,220 wounded | 10,000+ casualties | ||||||||
The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Ottoman 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 to form the colony of Italian Libya.