Modern era · 1912
Battle of Beirut
The Battle of Beirut was a naval battle off the coast of Beirut during the Italo-Turkish War. Italian fears that the Ottoman naval forces at Beirut could be used to threaten the approach to the Suez Canal led the Italian military to order the destruction of the Ottoman naval presence in the area.
- When
- 24 Feb 1912
- Where
- Beirut
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Beirut (1912), CC BY-SA 4.0