Event
WWII: The Italian conquest of British Somaliland is completed
3 Aug 1940 – 19 Aug 1940 · 9.57° N, 44.05° E
What the records say
- When
- 3 Aug 1940 – 19 Aug 1940
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 9.57° N, 44.05° E
- Description
- WWII: The Italian conquest of British Somaliland is completed.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Italian invasion of British Somaliland.
Italian invasion of British Somaliland
1940 World War II campaign in East Africa
The Italian invasion of British Somaliland was part of the East African campaign (1940–1941) in which Italian, Eritrean and Somali forces entered the Somaliland Protectorate and defeated its garrison of British, Commonwealth and colonial forces supported by Somali irregulars. The Italian victory was based on mobility and speed but was hampered by the terrain, rainy weather and British resistance.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “attaque italienne de la Somalie britannique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page