Italian conquest of British Somaliland

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The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was a 1940 World War II campaign in which Italian forces temporarily overran the British protectorate in the Horn of Africa as part of the broader East African campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent British Indian Army ⓘ
British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Somaliland

Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Somaliland Camel Corps ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaignType offensive operation ⓘ
combatantStrength Italian forces numerically superior to British garrison ⓘ
commander Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen ⓘ
Harold Alfred MacMichael ⓘ
linked to: Harold MacMichael

Rodolfo Graziani ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date August 1940 ⓘ
endDate 1940-08-19 ⓘ
evacuationPoint Port of Berbera ⓘ
followedBy British recapture of British Somaliland ⓘ
Operation Appearance ⓘ
historicalContext Italian attempt to expand influence in East Africa during World War II ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Somaliland Camel Corps ⓘ
location British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Somaliland

Horn of Africa ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Tug Argan ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Tug Argan ⓘ
objective capture of British Somaliland ⓘ
occupyingPower Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
outcome evacuation of British forces from Berbera ⓘ
partOf East African campaign ⓘ
portCaptured Berbera ⓘ
precededBy Italian declaration of war on the United Kingdom and France ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
relatedEvent Italian invasion of Egypt ⓘ
Italian invasion of Sudan ⓘ
result Italian victory ⓘ
temporary Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
significance first Italian victory against British forces in World War II in Africa ⓘ
startDate 1940-08-03 ⓘ
strategy Italian advance from Italian East Africa into British Somaliland ⓘ
tactic Italian frontal and flanking attacks on British defensive positions at Tug Argan ⓘ
temporaryControl Italian East Africa ⓘ
theater East African theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

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East African campaign → hasPart → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → precededBy → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → follows → Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → relatedEvent → Italian invasion of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland
Battle of Tug Argan → result → Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland
Battle of Tug Argan → followedBy → Evacuation of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland
Sudan–Eritrea front → relatedConflict → Italian invasion of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland
Carlo De Simone → conflict → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
British conquest of Eritrea → precededBy → Italian invasion of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to: Italian conquest of British Somaliland