Italian invasion of Sudan

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The Italian invasion of Sudan was a World War II campaign in which Fascist Italy attempted to expand its East African empire by advancing from Italian East Africa into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, ultimately being repelled by British-led forces.

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Italian invasion of Sudan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Italian ambitions to expand in Northeast Africa ⓘ
chronologicalContext early phase of World War II in Africa ⓘ
combatant British colonial forces in Sudan ⓘ
Italian colonial forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
goal expansion of Italian East Africa ⓘ
occupation of parts of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
involves Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
location Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
militaryTheater East African theater of World War II ⓘ
opponent British-led forces ⓘ
Fascist Italy ⓘ
opposedBy British Army units in Sudan ⓘ
British-led Sudan Defence Force ⓘ
linked to: Sudan Defence Force
outcome Italian forces repelled ⓘ
restoration of British control in invaded areas ⓘ
partOf East African Campaign ⓘ
politicalContext Fascist Italy imperial expansion ⓘ
relatedTo East African Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
Italian conquest of Ethiopia ⓘ
Italian invasion of Egypt ⓘ
result British-led victory ⓘ
Italian defeat ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
territorialDirection from Italian East Africa into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
typeOfConflict colonial border campaign ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Italian conquest of British Somaliland → relatedEvent → Italian invasion of Sudan ⓘ
Battle of Kassala (1940–1941) → precededBy → Italian invasion of Sudan ⓘ