page_title: Italian settlers in Libya
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Italian settlers in Libya / World War II
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Afrika Settentrionale: La violenta battalgia della Marmarica non ha arrestato l'inizio della mietitura del grano. Soldati italiani affiancono i coloni in tale lavorno. Svenska: Nord-Afrika: Den rasande striden i Marmarica har ej hindrat sädesskörden. Italienska soldater hjälpa kolonisterna i detta arbete.
context_page_description: Italian settlers in Libya typically refers to Italians, and their descendants, who resided or were born in Italian Libya, in the colonial period preceding independent Libya.
context_section_description: In 1940 World War II broke out between Italy and Great Britain. The defeat of the Axis forces in the North African Campaigns of World War II meant Italy lost Libya to British and French control. After these Western Desert Campaign defeats in 1943, Italy was forced to abandon its colonial intentions and projects, but most of the Italian settlers remained in Libya.
caption: Italian soldiers with colonialists in Libya, 1942.
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