British Military Administration of Cyrenaica

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The British Military Administration of Cyrenaica was the Allied-run military government that controlled the Cyrenaica region of Libya after World War II, prior to the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Libya.

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Label Occurrences
British Military Administration of Cyrenaica canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation authority
military administration
military government
administeredBy British Army
Military Governor of Cyrenaica
surface form: British Military Governor of Cyrenaica
administeredRegion Cyrenaica
administeredTerritory eastern Libya
aimedAt preparing Cyrenaica for self-government
alliedWith Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
appliedLegalSystem United Kingdom military law
surface form: British military law

modified Italian colonial law
appliesToPart Italian Libya
surface form: former Italian Libya
capital Benghazi
coexistedWith British Military Administration of Tripolitania
French Military Administration of Fezzan
contextOf decolonization of Libya
controllingPower United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryAdministered Cyrenaica
currencyUsed Egyptian pound
military lira
endedWith independence of Libya in 1951
endTime 1951
establishedAfter Allied victory in the North African Campaign
defeat of Italian forces in North Africa
flagBearer Union Flag
surface form: Union Jack
followedBy Libya
surface form: Kingdom of Libya

United Kingdom of Libya
governmentType military administration
hadHeadquartersIn Benghazi
historicalPeriod post–World War II era
historicalRegion Cyrenaica
languageUsed Arabic
English
legalStatus military occupation
locatedIn Libya
North Africa
occupyingPower United Kingdom
partOf Allied occupation of former Italian colonies in Africa
surface form: Allied occupation of former Italian colonies

Allied administration of Libya
surface form: British occupation of Libya
precededBy Italian Libya
Italian colonial administration in Cyrenaica
recognizedBy Allied Control Commission for Italy
surface form: Allied Control Commission
startTime 1943
subjectOf post-war settlement of Italian colonies
territoryFormerlyPartOf Italian North Africa
timePeriod World War II aftermath
usedAsBaseFor British military forces in North Africa

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Subject: British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
Description of subject: The British Military Administration of Cyrenaica was the Allied-run military government that controlled the Cyrenaica region of Libya after World War II, prior to the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Libya.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Libya successor British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
Kingdom of Libya era predecessor British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
Allied administration of Libya appliesToPart British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
British Military Administration of Tripolitania coexistedWith British Military Administration of Cyrenaica