Italian invasion of Libya

Italian Invasion of Libya
Part of Italo-Turkish War

Landing of Italian marines at Tripoli
DateSeptember 29, 1911 – November 1911
Location
Result Italian victory
Territorial
changes
Italian annexation of Libya
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Italy  Ottoman Empire
Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Carlo Caneva Ottoman Empire Mehmed V
Ottoman Empire İsmail Enver
Ottoman Empire Mustafa Kemal
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Casualties and losses
1,430 killed
4,220 wounded
More than 10,000

The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and started the Italo-Turkish War.[1] As result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, later unified in the colony of Italian Libya.