Italy's Colonization of Libya: 1911–1943

Italy seized control of Libya in 1911 after defeating the Ottoman Empire in the Italo-Turkish War. The North African territory became an Italian colony, remaining under Italian rule for over three decades.

Italian colonization ended in 1943 when Allied forces occupied Libya during World War II. The country subsequently came under British and French administration before gaining full independence on December 24, 1951, as the United Kingdom of Libya under King Idris I.