Battle of Tug Argan

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The Battle of Tug Argan was a key 1940 World War II engagement in British Somaliland in which Italian forces overwhelmed British and Commonwealth defenders, leading to the temporary Italian occupation of the territory.

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Battle of Tug Argan canonical 2
Battle of the Tug Argan Gap 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Tug Argan Gap ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tug Argan
belligerent British Indian Army ⓘ
British Somaliland ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
combatantStrength Italian numerical superiority ⓘ
commander Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen ⓘ
Arthur Reginald Chater ⓘ
Carlo De Simone ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence Evacuation of British troops by sea ⓘ
Withdrawal of British forces to Berbera ⓘ
countryInvolved Italy ⓘ
date August 1940 ⓘ
defensivePosition Tug Argan Gap defensive line ⓘ
endDate 1940-08-15 ⓘ
followedBy Evacuation of British Somaliland ⓘ
front East African Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
location British Somaliland ⓘ
Somaliland ⓘ
notableFeature Key engagement in the fall of British Somaliland in 1940 ⓘ
Outnumbered British and Commonwealth defense ⓘ
opponent British and Commonwealth defenders ⓘ
Italian forces ⓘ
partOf East African Campaign ⓘ
place Tug Argan Gap ⓘ
precededBy Italian invasion of British Somaliland ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
result Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
Italian victory ⓘ
startDate 1940-08-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective Defense of Berbera ⓘ
Italian capture of British Somaliland ⓘ
territorialChange Temporary Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
theatre Horn of Africa ⓘ
year 1940 ⓘ

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Battle of Tug Argan → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Tug Argan Gap ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tug Argan