ANTONIO BAZZAN

ANTONIO BAZZAN Tripoli, July 25, 1912 Collection of Marco Bazzan, 1-31-06

 

	Libia Adventure	Norge & Italia Dirigibles	Ettore Arduino

 

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND from Infoplease, 2-6-06 Following the outbreak of hostilities between Italy and Turkey in 1911, Italian troops occupied Tripoli. Italian sovereignty was recognized in 1912. Libyans continued to fight the Italians until 1914, by which time Italy controlled most of the land. Italy formally united Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in 1934 as the colony of Libya.

 

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