British conquest of Eritrea

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World War II campaign military campaign

The British conquest of Eritrea was the World War II campaign in which British and Commonwealth forces defeated Italian colonial rule in Eritrea, leading to subsequent British military administration of the territory.

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Label	Occurrences
British conquest of Eritrea canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aftermath	Eritrea placed under British military administration NERFINISHED ⓘ weakening of Italian East Africa ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Commonwealth forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Italian entry into World War II on the Axis side ⓘ
commandedBy	Archibald Wavell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ William Platt NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	1941 ⓘ
followedBy	British Military Administration in Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Agordat NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Barentu NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Keren NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Asmara ⓘ capture of Massawa ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	Free French forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian 4th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian 5th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Regia Aeronautica NERFINISHED ⓘ Regio Esercito NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	expel Italian forces from Eritrea ⓘ secure Red Sea shipping routes ⓘ
opponent	Italian colonial forces ⓘ
opposingCommander	Luigi Frusci NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Italian conquest of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian invasion of British Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Abyssinian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ British Somaliland campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ beginning of British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ end of Italian colonial rule in Eritrea ⓘ
startTime	1941 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal ⓘ
territorialChange	Eritrea occupied by British forces ⓘ Italian Eritrea removed from Italian control ⓘ

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British Military Administration in Eritrea → establishedAsConsequenceOf → British conquest of Eritrea ⓘ