Battle of Kassala (1940–1941)

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The Battle of Kassala (1940–1941) was an early World War II engagement in East Africa in which British and Commonwealth forces recaptured the Sudanese town of Kassala from Italian control, helping to turn the tide in the East African Campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign East African Campaign ⓘ
chronologyWithinWar early phase of the East African Campaign ⓘ
combatantSide1 British and Commonwealth forces ⓘ
combatantSide2 Italian forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
controlAfterBattle British and Commonwealth forces ⓘ
controlBeforeBattle Italian forces ⓘ
countryInvolved Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
endTime 1941 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followed Italian occupation of Kassala in 1940 ⓘ
followedBy British advance into Eritrea ⓘ
hasParticipant British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
location Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Kassala ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
namedAfter Kassala ⓘ
objective recapture of Kassala from Italian control ⓘ
opponent British and Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Italian forces ⓘ
partOf East African Campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
precededBy Italian invasion of Sudan ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
result British and Commonwealth victory ⓘ
recapture of Kassala by British and Commonwealth forces ⓘ
significance contributed to the defeat of Italian forces in East Africa ⓘ
helped turn the tide in the East African Campaign ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
theatre East African theatre of World War II ⓘ

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Battle of Agordat → precededBy → Battle of Kassala (1940–1941) ⓘ
Sudan–Eritrea front → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Kassala (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kassala (1940–1941)