10: A Long Year

In an attempt to establish themselves as a great power, Italy declared war on the Ottomans in September of 1911. The subsequent invasion exposed Italian armed forces as logistically weak and unprepared in the event of a general European war. Watching events from a far, the Balkan states begin to contemplate plans for an attack on the Turks of their own. Map of Libyan campaign (From the sources which I could piece together) Zeppelin bombarding Turkish positions near Tobruk (Wikipedia Commons)