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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
British Military Administration of Cyrenaica canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation authority ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
military government ⓘ
administeredBy British Army ⓘ
British Military Governor of Cyrenaica ⓘ
administeredRegion Cyrenaica ⓘ
administeredTerritory eastern Libya ⓘ
aimedAt preparing Cyrenaica for self-government ⓘ
alliedWith Allied Powers ⓘ
appliedLegalSystem British military law ⓘ
modified Italian colonial law ⓘ
appliesToPart former Italian Libya ⓘ
linked to: Italian Libya
capital Benghazi ⓘ
coexistedWith British Military Administration of Tripolitania ⓘ
French Military Administration of Fezzan ⓘ
contextOf decolonization of Libya ⓘ
controllingPower United Kingdom ⓘ
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 Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followedBy Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
British occupation of Libya ⓘ
precededBy Italian Libya ⓘ
Italian colonial administration in Cyrenaica ⓘ
recognizedBy 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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 ⓘ
Military Governor of Cyrenaica → partOf → British Military Administration of Cyrenaica ⓘ