 Battle of Misrata (1912)

The Battle of Misrata was fought between June and July 1912 during the Italo-Turkish War between the Italian and Ottoman forces for the control of the Libyan town of Misrata (Tripolitania), a major supply base for the Ottoman–Arab forces.During the Italo-Turkish War the town of Misrata (known to the Italians as "Misurata"), located on the Libyan coast halfway between Tripoli and Sirte, became an important base for smuggling by sea of war material used to bolster Ottoman-Arab resistance in Libya.