| Battle and Siege of Kufra | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Italo-Senussi War | |||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Graziani_and_Amedeo_d%27Aosta_enter_Kufra.jpg) Rodolfo Graziani and Amedeo D'Aosta's troops in Cufra | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Italy |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Cyrenaica.svg){kind=small} Senussi | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Rodolfo Graziani Amedeo D'Aosta |
‘Abd el Galil Seif en Naser  (?) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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4,000 men 20 airplanes 5,000 camels[1] | 600 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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2 killed and 16 wounded |
100 killed, 14 wounded and 250 captured Only a few escaped | ||||||||
The Battle of Kufra occurred during the Italian colonization of Libya and was a climactic moment in the Second Italo-Senussi War. The Italians were divided into divisions which attacked Awjila, Jalu, Zella, and Tazirbu, fighting mainly against Zuwayya tribe.[2]
Graziani's campaign against the Sanussi was at that time was one of the largest desert campaigns committed,[3] and was likewise a navigational and organizational accomplishment, given that Italian troops had to cross hundreds of miles of waterless desert before engaging in battle.[4]
- ^ The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, page 138
- ^ "الهيئة العامة للإعلام والثقافة تشارك في ذكرى معركة الكفرة". alwasat (in Arabic). 21 January 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Shawwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kelly, Saul (2003). The Lost Oasis: The True Story Behind The English Patient. Boulder, CO: Basic Books. ISBN 9780786747245. Retrieved 24 May 2022.