Secretary Clyde could only console himself this way. But just as the two had discussed, if Italy wanted to take control of French Libya, it was destined to face tremendous turbulence. The more than six hundred thousand Libyans in French Libya were now almost all Italy's enemies.
The tragedies that had occurred in Italian Libya lay before the people of French Libya, leaving them only one road: resist to the bitter end.
This would undoubtedly cause Italy no small amount of trouble.
The Italians had once been able to wipe out the natives of Italian Libya bit by bit with ease because those people lacked an understanding of Italy.
But now, French Libya itself had quite a few resistance groups and civilians who had fled from Italian Libya, and they had spread word throughout French Libya of what had happened there.
It would certainly not be easy for Benito to suppress more than six hundred thousand Libyans who had already made preparations.
This was probably the situation the French government wanted to see. As long as the Libyans kept the Italians tied down, Italy would temporarily lack the energy to continue stirring up storms in Europe.
Two days later...
An Italian fleet formally docked at the port of Tripoli. The French flag slowly descended from above Tripoli, while the flag of the Kingdom of Italy rose. The city officially fell under Italian rule.
Massimi, the first Italian Governor of Tripoli, formally took office.
At the same time, on the very day Massimi took office as Governor of Tripoli, a momentous event was unfolding in neighboring Italian Libya.
The former colony of Italian Libya was abolished and officially became Italy's newest province: Cyrenaica Province.
Benghazi City.
The streets of Benghazi City were especially lively today. To celebrate the establishment of Cyrenaica