What the records say
- When
- 28 Nov 1911
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.12° N, 20.09° E
- Description
- battle that occurred during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911-1912
Battle of Benghazi (1911)
Part of the Italo-Turkish War
The Battle of Benghazi occurred during the Italo-Turkish War when the Kingdom of Italy attacked and took possession of the major cities of the Ottoman Empire's North African Tripolitania province, now Libya. Benghazi was one of the five strategic cities captured and held by the Italians during the entire length of the war.
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