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From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli is the first line of the Marines Hymn Tripoli is located on the shore of which North African country?
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In which African country is Tripoli?
Tripoli is the capital of Libya.
Which African country is Tripoli the capital?
Cameroon
Which African country has tripoli as its capital?
Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya.
Tripoli is located on the shores of which North African country?
There are three Tripolis: one in Greece, one in Lebanon, and one in Libya. The only one on the North African shoreline is Tripoli, Libya.
Benghazi on the Mediterranean sea east of Tripoli is an important port for what north African country?
Libya
Is tripoli a country?
No, Tripoli is a city and a capital.
What country is tripoli the capitak of?
Tripoli is the capital of Libya.
What North African country was an Italian possession?
The North African country of Libya was an Italian possession from 1911 to 1943. Libya's capital is Tripoli, and Libya also has a total area of 1,759,541 cubic kilometers.
What is the country that Tripoli the capital of?
Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya.
Is Tripoli a capital of a country?
Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya.
What country is the capital Tripoli?
Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya.
Why did the marines attack Tripoli?
RESOURCE: Directly from Marines.Comhttp://www.marines.com/main/index/winning_battles/history/missions/battle_of_dernaIn 1805, the United States government refused to continue paying Barbary Coast pirates to refrain from raiding American merchant ships.When negotiations for a treaty failed, President Thomas Jefferson assembled an expeditionary force of Marines to respond.Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon and his Marines marched across 600 miles of the Libyan Desert to successfully storm the fortified Tripolitan city of Derna and rescue the kidnapped crew of the USS Philadelphia.The Marines' victory helped Prince Hamet Bey reclaim his rightful throne as ruler of Tripoli. In gratitude, he presented his Mameluke sword to Lt O'Bannon.This famous sword became part of the officer uniform in 1825, and remains the oldest ceremonial weapon in use by United States forces today.The Battle of Derna was the Marines' first battle on foreign soil, and is notably recalled in the first verse of the Marines' Hymn: "From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea." Not all things are as the official version wishes to portray. Tripoli was a pirate base which preyed on European and American commercial shipping in the Mediterranean. A US warship, attempting to intervene, was captured in the port through ineptitude of the captain, and the crew was enslaved. The US mounted an overland expedition with a prince who was a claimant as ruler. While this expedition was approaching Tripoli, the US cut a deal with the pirates to release the enslaved crew, withdrew the marines supporting the prince, and abandoned him and his supporters to their fate.
