Battle of Agordat

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Agordat was a World War II engagement in Eritrea where British and Commonwealth forces defeated Italian colonial troops, contributing to the collapse of Italian control in East Africa.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Agordat canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ India ⓘ Italian East Africa ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Sudan Defence Force ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African Campaign
combatantType	colonial troops ⓘ
commander	Angelo Bergonzi ⓘ Luigi Frusci ⓘ William Platt ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfBattle	Italian East Africa ⓘ surface form: Italian Eritrea
date	1941-01-26 ⓘ
endDate	1941-01-31 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Keren ⓘ
front	Sudan–Eritrea front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
involvedUnit	4th Indian Division ⓘ 5th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 5th Indian Division Eritrean askari units ⓘ Italian colonial police ⓘ surface form: Italian colonial brigades Sudan Defence Force units ⓘ
location	Agordat ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ
opponent	British Commonwealth forces ⓘ surface form: British and Commonwealth forces Italian colonial troops ⓘ
outcome	Italian forces forced to retreat from western Eritrea ⓘ loss of key defensive position for Italian East Africa ⓘ
partOf	British offensive into Eritrea ⓘ East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African Campaign
precededBy	Battle of Kassala (1940–1941) ⓘ
region	Horn of Africa ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ defeat of Italian colonial forces ⓘ
startDate	1941-01-26 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	contributed to collapse of Italian control in East Africa ⓘ opened the way to Keren and Asmara for British forces ⓘ
theatre	East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African theatre of World War II
typeOfEngagement	combined arms battle ⓘ
used	armoured cars ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ
year	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

East African campaign → hasPart → Battle of Agordat ⓘ

Battle of Keren → precededBy → Battle of Agordat ⓘ