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Conflict Africa

Italo-Senussi War

1911 CE – 1932 CE · 21 years

A brutal 20-year colonial war in Libya. Italy's pacification campaign under General Graziani included concentration camps, mass executions, and forced displacement of the entire Cyrenaican population. Resistance hero Omar Mukhtar was publicly hanged in 1931.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kingdom of Italy
  • Senussi Order (Omar Mukhtar)

Key moments

Defining events in the Italo-Senussi War.

  1. 1915 Battle of El Agheila
  2. 1931 Kufra Oasis campaign
  3. 1931 Capture and execution of Omar Mukhtar

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo

1914 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Sudan

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War)

1899 CE – 1920 CE

Landmark · Africa

Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine

1920 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Nigeria

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

East African Campaign (WWI)

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Uganda

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1911 CE and 1932 CE.

1911 CE Italo-Turkish War 1914 CE East African Campaign (WWI) 1914 CE Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo 1920 CE Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine 1911 CE Xinhai Revolution

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Panama Canal Route Trade route · Americas 1914 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Derinkuyu Underground City Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1923 CE
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