Mussolini's Italy vs. Libyan Islamic fighters

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Roughly half of Libya was superficially annexed from the collapsing Ottoman empire by the growing Italian colonial empire in 1910. Its tribes resisted fiercly, and Italy was unable to secure a full colony much like it was humiliated in Ethiopia. The strongman Mussolini sought to prove Italian Roman majesty, and initiated a full-scale conquest of the Libyan tribes. Islamic Mujahidin fought a Jihad against the Italian colonialists for the establishment of an independent Muslim Libya (under the Wahhabi/Salafist Sanussis, still influential today). Islamic assaults on Italian civilian settlers and soldiers were met with brutal scorched-earth attacks. The rebellion was led by Umar Mukhtar. The uprising was unsuccessful, but became a heroic model for Muslims across the world. Libya was the first nation in North Africa to break from colonial rule. The Libyan revolution -- like the later Islamic revolution of Mumar Qadafi -- was under the banner of Islam, heavily influenced by Wahhabism and "Sanussism".

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[good2goskee]

@SpadaccinoLuciano the process I mentioned is the proven successful strategy vs. undergunned colonials fighting a non-guerilla war. It is skillful to use the advantages/tools you have in war. The Mongols did it, the British did it, and the Italians did it.....that is why this is a hollywood depiction not a realistic depiction.

[SpadaccinoLuciano]

My friends, both Libyan and Italian, Muslim and Christian, I plead with you to remember this was under Mussolini's rule, and the Italians hate Mussolini more than anyone. Do not think of this as Italian tyranny, but of Mussolini's evil left-wing fascist rule and dictatorship.

[SpadaccinoLuciano]

@BenOmarbaOmar You keep dividing it by religion and people will continue to crush you until you are gone.

[SpadaccinoLuciano]

@good2goskee No, actually, we fight with honor. We dont just brually destroy the enemy, we use skill.

[ItaloGallese]

Hasnt anyone passed their driving test....????

[good2goskee]

Fake.....the Italians would never lead with rifleman infantry. They would have crushed the Muslims with artillary and tanks first and then mopped up with infantry

[BenOmarbaOmar]

Islam will be back

[BenOmarbaOmar]

You see how non Muslims are cowards? They use air attack and tanks and now days when we attack back they call us terrorist who started? By looking at the movie you can see they came to our land so we got the right to bomb

[aeromech84]

FAK all arabs !!

[MrSpacehopper123]

3:10.i dident know the italians had darlecks in their army