Rhodes 1912: les mésaventures du général D'Ameglio

International audienceThe island of Rhodes was seized by the italian army during the italo-ottoman war of 1911-1912. This conquest is the consequence of a setting up on the minor Asia's coast. This island was to be used as change trade with the Sublime Porte against a withdrawal from Tripolitania and a break-down to the arab resistance in this province.<br />The first italian governors of Rhode had a difficult task and had to deal with various tensions: with the Italian government in Rome, with the Ottoman Empire, with the Greek State and with the representatives of different communities on the island.La prise de Rhodes par l'armée italienne a lieu pendant la guerre italo-ottomane de 1911-1912. Cette<br />conquête est la conséquence d'une stratégie de prise de position sur la côte d'Asie mineure. Cette île devait<br />servir de monnaie d'échange avec la Sublime Porte contre un retrait de Tripolitaine et de Cyrénaïque et un arrêt du soutien à la résistance arabe dans ces provinces. Les premières administrations italiennes de Rhodes ont une tâche difficile face aux différents<br />interlocuteurs : pouvoir gouvernemental à Rome, Empire ottoman, Etat grec, représentants des diverses communautés de l'île. Cette étude concerne la gestion du Général d'Ameglio.<br /><br />The island of Rhodes was seized by the italian army during the italo-ottoman war of 1911-1912. This conquest is the consequence of a setting up on the minor Asia's coast. This island was to be used as change trade with the Sublime Porte against a withdrawal from Tripolitania and a break-down to the arab resistance in this province.<br />The first italian governors of Rhodes had a difficult task and had to deal with various tensions: with the Italian government in Rome (Giolitti), with the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, with the Greek State and with the representatives of different communities on the island.<br /><br />Italy; Ottoman; Greece; urban; city; communal; municipal; 1911; 1912; colonisation; colonization; jewish community; Jews; Greek; Turk; orthodo