In 1911, Italy had launched an invasion of Tripolitania in present-day Libya, which was quickly followed by the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea.
Aastal 1911 käivitas Itaalia sissetungi Tripolitaaniasse tänapäeva Liibüas, millele järgnes kiiresti Dodekaneeside okupeerimine Egeuse meres.