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Battle of Uadi Bu Taga | |||||||
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Part of the Jebel Akhdar campaign during the Second Italo-Senussi War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Italy | Senussi Order | ||||||
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Rodolfo Graziani | Omar al-Mukhtar ( POW) | ||||||
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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.
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.