Instead of facing the Italian army directly, they waged rather small battles, mostly at night time. Facing a ghost enemy fighting on horseback, the Italian army started to use unheard of methods of war, scoring many firsts. For instance, Italy was the first country to use air war and Libya became the first country to be bombed from the air. This forced General Graziani to revert to using collective punishment against entire civilian communities by forcing them into concentration camps across Eastern Libya. New Libya, however, has forgotten the mourning day, while fascist concentrations camps are never really mentioned outside academic circles.

Source: Libya Today June 29, 2023 09:37 UTC