Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt

Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt
Part of The Massacres during the Italo-Turkish War

Map of the battle of Shar al-Shatt
Date23 October 1911
Location32°53′43.00″N 13°12′37.00″E / 32.8952778°N 13.2102778°E / 32.8952778; 13.2102778
Result Ottoman–Libyan victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Italy  Ottoman Tripolitania
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Gustavo Fara Neşet Bey
Strength
500+ 8,000–10,000[1]
Casualties and losses
503 casualties Unknown

The battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt (Arabic: شارع الشط Shār’ ash-Shaṭ; Sciara Sciat in Italian) occurred on 23 October 1911 in the village of Shar al-Shatt on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. 503 Italians were killed in Shar al -Shatt, of which 125 in the following massacre of soldiers who had surrendered. The incident became known as the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat."[2]

  1. ^ Nicola Labanca, La guerra italiana per la Libia: 1911-1931, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012
  2. ^ Gerwarth and Manela (2014), p. 37.