Acroma

Acroma (also Akramah and Ikrimah) is a town in northeastern Libya in Butnan District, about 28 km west of Tobruk.

On April 17, 1917, the Treaty of Acroma,[1] 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.

During the North African Campaign of World War II, the area was the scene of heavy fighting on several separate occasions.

Later, an intersection of two Bedouin paths 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Acroma, assumed strategic importance, and became known by the Allied codename Knightsbridge.