What the records say
- When
- 25 Mar 1941 – 6 Jul 1941
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 8.53° N, 34.80° E
- Description
- 1941 siege during the East African Campaign of World War II
Siege of Saïo
1941 Battle in East Africa during WWII
The siege of Saïo or battle of Saïo took place during the East African Campaign of World War II. Belgo-Congolese troops, British Commonwealth forces and local resistance fighters besieged the fort at the market town of Saïo in south-western Ethiopia in 1941. The siege lasted for several months, culminating in an Allied attack on the Italian garrison thereby forcing it to surrender.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de la Force publique du Congo belge face aux troupes italiennes à Saïo (Éthiopie)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page