Colonies and Territories Within Italian North Africa
From 1912 to 1927, Italian North Africa (Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica) was an entity to itself, and from 1934 to 1941, Italian North Africa was united into the single colony of Italian Libya. But in 1939 coastal Italian Libya was added to metropolitan Italy, while Saharan Italian Libya remained as a colonial territory under military control.
From 1942 to 1943 Tunisia was added, and was administered as part of the Fourth Shore of Italy.
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