Italo Gariboldi
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Italo Gariboldi was an Italian senior officer in the Royal Army before and during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by German dictator Adolf Hitler for his leadership of Italian forces in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Italo Gariboldi
General Rommel with Governor-General Gariboldi (on Rommel's right), Libya 1941
Italian Libya
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Libya was a colony of Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, which had been Italian possessions since 1911.
Italian Libya in 1941: Libya Italian-controlled territory Kingdom of Italy
An Italian drawing depicting Ottoman officials surrendering Libya to Italian colonial forces while Libyans prostrate themselves before the Italian colonial soldiers, 1912
Italian Benghazi, where the "Lungomare" (sea-walk) and many other buildings were constructed
Inmates at the El Agheila concentration camp during the Pacification of Libya. The camp was recorded as having a population of 10,900 people.