What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 1911
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.89° N, 13.19° E
- Description
- battle that occurred during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912
Battle of Tripoli (1911)
Part of the Italo-Turkish War
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, 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.
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