The Italian Islands of the Aegean were an archipelago of fourteen islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, that—together with the surrounding islets—were ruled by the Kingdom of Italy from 1912 to 1943
Italian landing at Rhodes on May 4, 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War
Casa del Fascio (City hall)
The Italian colonial empire, sometimes known as the Italian Empire, was a colonial empire that existed between 1882 and 1943; an Italian colony was revived in 1950 as a UN trust territory under Italy'
Italian Islands of the Aegean
…Per l'onore d'Italia "For the honour of Italy" Anthem: Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza ("Royal March of Ordinance") Giovinezza ("Youth") Status Colony of Italy Capital Rhodes Official languages Italian Common languages Greek (Aegean Greek), Turkish (Aegean Turkish) Religion Catholic (State) Greek Orthodox…
Francesco Crispi promoted Italian colonialism in Africa in the late 1800s.
Italian settlement at Assab, 1880
Italian soldiers and Eritrean askaris defeating Mahdists at Agordat during the Mahdist War, 1893
Italian possessions and spheres of influence in the Horn of Africa in 1896