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Was an Italian Colony in modern-day Libya created during the Italo-Turkish War and merged with nearby colonies to form Italian Libya in 1933.
Establishment
October 1912: On 18 October 1912, Italy and the Ottoman Empire signed the First Treaty of Lausanne, ending the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Turks ceded the provinces of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica to Italy. These provinces together formed what became known as Libya. The Dodecanese was not officially ceded but was never returned from Italy to Turkey.
Chronology
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Was a war beteen the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire caused by Italian colonial ambitions. It resulted in the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese and of the Libyan coast (the interior was nominally ceded to Italy but not under its control).
1.1.Treaty of Lausanne (1912)
Was the peace treaty that ended the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire ceded Libya to Italy. The Dodecanese was not ceded by the Ottomans, but it was under Italian military occupation and was not given back.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
2.1.World War I African Theatre
Was the African Theatre of World War I.
2.1.1.Senussi Campaign
The campaign was fought by the Kingdom of Italy and the British Empire during World War I against the Senussi, a religious order of Arabic nomads in Libya and Egypt.
2.1.1.1.Band of oases
Was the theatre of war in the oases during the Senussi campaign.
January 1915: In 1914, the Senussi, led by Sayyid Ahmed al-Sharif, prompted an uprising in Ghat and Ghadames, forcing the Italians out of the territory. The Senussi were a religious and political movement in Libya, seeking independence from Italian colonial rule.
April 1915: Colonel Antonio Miani and force-marching from the Sirtica, was defeated by the Senussi at Gasr Bu Hadi.
June 1915: The Italians abandoned Bu Njem.
March 1916: The Italians re-captured Ghadames in February 1916.
January 1917: In 1916, a Senussi contingent commanded by Ramadan al-Shtaiwi invaded Tripolitania. The Senussi routed a Bedouin group led by Sayed Safi al-Din at Bani Walid.
Was an Italian military campaign to conquer the interior of Libya after the creation of Italian Libya, which initially controlled only the coastal part of the region.
3.1.Italian military operations in Tripolitania
Were the Italian military operations to conquer Tripolitania during the Pacification of Libya.
January 1922: At dawn on January 26, 1922, carrying out a tactical surprise, the Carabinieri, Zaptié and Eritreans landed in Misurata Marittima, occupying the locality. It was the beginning of the turning point which in just over a year would end with the occupation of all of Tripolitania.
June 1922: On 1 June 1922, with a convergent maneuver, four columns, one of which commanded by the unknown Colonel Graziani, fell on Nalut surprising the rebels.
November 1922: The Italian army occupied Gefara and Garian.
February 1923: On the morning of February 6, the Graziani column quickly aimed at Tarhuna and, breaking down the last resistance of the enemy, entered it at 6 pm.
February 1923: Ras el Gattar conquered by italy.
February 1923: On the 23rd, the Italian Pizzari column occupied Zliten.
February 1923: The Italian forces of the Graziani column reached Bir Rabbud.
February 1923: Bir Fallagia conquered by italy.
June 1923: In May Taorga was reached by Italian forces.
December 1923: Between December 15 and 22, the Mezzetti and Marghinotti columns from the east converged on Sedada.
December 1923: Overcoming stiff resistance, the Graziani column entered Beni Ulid.
February 1924: Italian advancement on Sinauen which was occupied on the 7th.
February 1924: Adames which occupied by Italian forces on the 15th.
April 1924: Misda was easily reoccupied by Italian forces.
November 1924: On 23 November 1924 the Italian army entered Sirte.
November 1918: The Tripolitanian Republic was an Arab republic that declared the independence of Tripolitania from Italian Libya after World War I.
Disestablishment
January 1934: The Italian colonies in Lybia are merged into the colony of Italian Lybia.
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Italian Tripolitania
