Image of Italo Balbo's (1896-1940) arrival in Benghazi as Governor of Libya. Photo taken on 21 January 1934 (L'Illustrazione italiana, n. 3). Balbo became governor of a unified colony of Libya in 1934. Balbo was, in reality, ‘exiled’ over fear that his popularity in Italy could threaten Benito Mussolini’s own grip on power. Balbo pushed to integrate Tripolitania and Cyrenaica as part of Italy in 1939, as the 17th Italian region.
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