Battle of Salaita Hill

Ne zaman

12 Şub 1916

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

3.40° S, 37.68° E

Description

1916 battle

War

World War I

The Battle of Salaita Hill was the first large-scale engagement of the East African Campaign of the First World War to involve British, Indian, Rhodesian, and South African troops. The battle took place on February 12, 1916, as part of the three-pronged offensive into German East Africa launched by General Jan Smuts, who had been given overall command of the Allied forces in the region.

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