British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland

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The British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland was the temporary colonial government established by the United Kingdom to rule former Italian Somaliland during and after World War II until a new political arrangement was created.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
administeredBy British Military Administration in Somaliland (BMAS) ⓘ
administeredTerritory Italian Somaliland ⓘ
aim maintain order after defeat of Italy in East Africa ⓘ
prepare territory for postwar political settlement ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Italian settlers in Somalia ⓘ
Somalis ⓘ
linked to: Somali people
appliesToPeriod World War II ⓘ
post-World War II period ⓘ
capital Mogadishu ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
controlledInfrastructure Italian-built roads in Somaliland ⓘ
Mogadishu airport ⓘ
controlledPort Mogadishu port ⓘ
linked to: Port of Mogadishu
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency East African shilling ⓘ
demilitarized Italian colonial forces in the territory ⓘ
endTime 1950 ⓘ
establishedBy British Army ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
flagBearer Union Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followedBy Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration ⓘ
linked to: Italian Somaliland

United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland ⓘ
governmentType military government ⓘ
historicalRegion Somalia ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
legalStatus military occupation ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
occupationOf former Italian colony ⓘ
occupyingPower United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Allied administration of former Axis territories ⓘ
Allied occupation of Italian colonies ⓘ
British military occupation of Italian East Africa ⓘ
history of Somalia ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Italian colonial administration in Italian Somaliland ⓘ
reasonForAbolition creation of United Nations trust territory ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
territoryPreviouslyRuledBy Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
usedAs temporary administration ⓘ
usedLegalSystem British military law ⓘ
adapted Italian colonial law ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian East Africa → successor → British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland ⓘ
AOI → successor → British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland ⓘ
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland → administeredBy → British Military Administration in Somaliland (BMAS) ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland