The Italo-Turkish War 1911-1912 (The Tripolitan War)

Abstract

The attainment of Italian unification necessitated the engagement in four distinct wars of different magnitudes, ultimately fulfilling the aspirations of both liberal and conservative proponents. Consequently, the Kingdom of Italy emerged as a prominent European power, in which in the wake of its failed attempt to seize possession of Tunisia and its eventual defeat at the Battle of Adwa, the new nation sought out alternative available strategies to realize its colonial ambitions. That made Italy declare war on the Ottoman Empire in 1911-1912, During it, Italy, sought to drive the Turks from Libya, This led to Artillery being fired in the Mediterranean, and the Red sea, the Dardanelles.