Battle of Beirut

Name: Battle of Beirut
Start: 1912-02-24

24 Feb 1912 · 33.89° N, 35.51° E

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When: 24 Feb 1912
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 33.89° N, 35.51° E
Description: 1912 naval battle that occurred during the Italo-Turkish War
Naval: yes

Battle of Beirut (1912)

Naval battle that occurred during the Italo-Turkish War

The Battle of Beirut was a naval battle off the coast of Beirut during the Italo-Turkish War. Italian fears that the Ottoman naval forces at Beirut could be used to threaten the approach to the Suez Canal led the Italian military to order the destruction of the Ottoman naval presence in the area.

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Beirut: Italy makes a surprise attack on the Ottoman port of Beirut, when the cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi and the gunboat Volturno bombard the harbour”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Beyrouth”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Italian-Turkish29 Sep 1911 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000

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Battle of Beirut (1912)

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