Battle

Capture of Kassala

10 Jun 1940 – 17 Jan 1941 · 16.00° N, 36.00° E

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When
10 Jun 1940 – 17 Jan 1941
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
16.00° N, 36.00° E
Description
allied campaign in East Africa during World War II (1940–1941)

Northern front, East Africa, 1940

Allied campaign in East Africa during World War II (1940–1941)

Operations on the Northern front, East Africa, 1940 in the Second World War, were conducted by the British in Sudan and the Armed Forces Command of Italian East Africa in Eritrea and Ethiopia. On 1 June 1940, Amedeo, Duke of Aosta the Viceroy and Governor-General of the Africa Orientale Italiana, commander in chief of the Armed Forces Command of the Royal Italian Army and General of the Air Force, had about 290,476 l…

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