Complex sentence: Italy invaded Ottoman Tripolitania (Ottoman Libya) in 1911 to annex it as an Italian colony; the Ottomans resisted the Italian invasion and the result was the Italo-Turkish War.
Split into simpler sentences: Italy invaded Ottoman Tripolitania (Ottoman Libya) in 1911 to annex it as an Italian colony. The Ottomans resisted the Italian invasion and the result was the Italo-Turkish War.