Acroma

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title: "Acroma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-butnan-district"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-butnan-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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elevation_m	143
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On April 17, 1917, the Treaty of Acroma, was signed by the Italian government (as occupying, colonial power) and Mohammed Idris (head of Senussi). The pact was an ambiguous ceasefire recognizing a de facto authority for Idris in Cyrenaica, while not excluding the overall Italian territorial sovereignty.

World War II

During the North African Campaign of World War II, the area was the scene of heavy fighting on several separate occasions. Acroma was captured from Axis forces on December 10, 1941, by the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade.

Later, an intersection of two Bedouin paths 19 km south of Acroma, assumed strategic importance, and became known by the Allied codename Knightsbridge. The area was the focus of the Battle of Knightsbridge, during June 1942.

Following the war's end, Knightsbridge War Cemetery, containing Allied war dead, was built 6.5 km north of Acroma, near the main road linking Tobruk and Gazala.

Notes

References

2. A. Del Boca, "Gli Italiani in Libia - Tripoli Bel Suol d'Amore", Mondadori 1993, pp. 334-341.
3. "Australian War Graves Photographic Archive: Libya: Knightsbridge War Cemetery".

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