What the records say
- When
- 8 Apr 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 9.55° N, 44.07° E
- Description
- 1941 British landing in Somalia in WWII
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Operation Appearance
1941 British landing in Somalia in WWII
Operation Appearance was a British landing in the British Somaliland Protectorate against troops of the Italian Army. The Italian conquest of British Somaliland had taken place in August 1940, seven months earlier. The British had withdrawn from the protectorate after a delaying action at the Battle of Tug Argan.
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