Italian colonialism in Tripoli; Grenadiers arouse the admiration of the natives. Postcard Italian colonialist propaganda. The Italo-Turkish War; which broke out September 29; 1911 led to stable employment in the city October 5 by the Kingdom of Italy. This occupation was recognized definitively at the international level with the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923. Tripoli was ruled by Italy until 1943; when it was occupied by the United Kingdom that the administered until the declaration of independence of Libya in 1951. Postcard; real photo; Tripoli (Libya) 1911