Battle of Uadi Bu Taga

Battle of Uadi Bu Taga
	Part of the Jebel Akhdar campaign during the Second Italo-Senussi War
Date	9 - 11 September 1931
Location	Uadi Bu Taga, near Slonta and Cyrene, Libya
Result	Italian victory[page needed] Arrest and capture of Senussi leader Omar al-Mukhtar; End of the Jebel Akhdar campaign;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Rodolfo Graziani	Omar al-Mukhtar (POW)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Uadi Bu Taga was fought in Libya in September 1931 between Italy and Senusiyya. The battle ended in a key Italian victory.

Battle and aftermath[edit]

At the end of the battle the heaviest clashes during the Second Italo-Senussi War also ended. The campaign was later declared over by General Pietro Badoglio on 24 January 1932.^[2] Thanks to the help of the air force, during the battle the Italian soldiers defeated the tribes of Braasa and Dorsa and a unit of Savaris captured Omar al-Mukhtar, leader of the rebellion, on 9 September 1931.^[3] He was later brought to Soluch and executed here on 16 September.^[4] His aides, including Yousuf Burahil and Fadil Bu Umar, were also executed on 24 September 1932.^[5] Rodolfo Graziani stated that during the executions, 20,000 Bedouins were forced to assist the events to show that their aggression towards the Italian colonials was over.

References[edit]

^ Gustavo Ottolenghi (1997). Gli italiani e il colonialismo: i campi di detenzione italiani in Africa (in Italian). Sugarco. ISBN 9788871983974.
^ Wright 1983, pp. 35–36
^ Domenico Quirico (2002). Lo squadrone bianco. Milan: Edizioni Mondadori Le Scie. p. 313.
^ Wright 1983, pp. 35
^ Ali Abdullatif Ahmida (2006). "When the Subaltern Speak: Memory of Genocide in Colonial Libya 1929 to 1933". Italian Studies. 61 (2): 175–190. doi:10.1179/007516306X142924. S2CID 161690236.

Sources[edit]

Wright, John (1983). Libya: A Modern History. Kent, England: Croom Helm.

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[1] Gustavo Ottolenghi (1997). Gli italiani e il colonialismo: i campi di detenzione italiani in Africa (in Italian). Sugarco. ISBN 9788871983974.

[Wright,_35-36-2] Wright 1983, pp. 35–36

[3] Domenico Quirico (2002). Lo squadrone bianco. Milan: Edizioni Mondadori Le Scie. p. 313.

[Wright,_35-4] Wright 1983, pp. 35

[5] Ali Abdullatif Ahmida (2006). "When the Subaltern Speak: Memory of Genocide in Colonial Libya 1929 to 1933". Italian Studies. 61 (2): 175–190. doi:10.1179/007516306X142924. S2CID 161690236.

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