 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva paudiki, Gaddafi aiziva nezvekubatanidzwa kwesimba rekoloni yeEurope muLibya; nyika yake yaigara neItari, uye panguva yeNorth Africa Campaign yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri yakaona kupokana pakati pevarwi veItaly neBritain. Maererano nezvakataurwa gare gare, sekuru vababa vaGaddafi, Abdessalam Bouminyar, vakaurayiwa neuto reItaly panguva yekupinda kweItaly muna 1911. Pakupera kweHondo Yenyika II muna 1945, Libya yakatorwa nemauto eBritain neFrance. Britain neFrance vakafunga kupatsanura rudzi pakati peumambo hwavo, asi General Assembly yeUnited Nations UN yakasarudza kuti nyika yaifanira kupiwa rusununguko rwezvematongerwe enyika, uye muna 1951 yakagadzira United Kingdom yeLibya, nyika yemubatanidzwa pasi pehutungamiriri hwemambo anobvumirana neWestern, Idris, uyo akarambidza mapato ezvematongerwe enyika uye akaisa simba mumaoko ake. 