East African campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
East African Campaign 21
East African campaign canonical 10
East African theatre of World War II 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commandedBy Alan Cunningham ⓘ
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta ⓘ
Lord Wavell ⓘ
surface form: Archibald Wavell

Pietro Gazzera ⓘ
William Platt ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
endTime 1941 ⓘ
follows Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Italian conquest of Ethiopia
goal expulsion of Italian forces from East Africa ⓘ
hasPart Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
Battle of Agordat ⓘ
Battle of Amba Alagi ⓘ
Battle of Keren ⓘ
East African campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East African offensive

Battle of Keren ⓘ
surface form: Gondar offensive

Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
involves Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian resistance

Indian Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
South African Army ⓘ
Sudan Defence Force ⓘ
location Somaliland ⓘ
surface form: British Somaliland

East Africa ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Somaliland ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
precededBy Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Italian invasion of Ethiopia
result Allied victory ⓘ
end of Italian rule in Ethiopia ⓘ
occupation of Italian East Africa by Allied forces ⓘ
significance restored Haile Selassie to the Ethiopian throne ⓘ
secured Red Sea shipping routes for Allies ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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

Indian 4th Infantry Division → theatreOfOperations → East African campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African Campaign
No. 203 Squadron RAF → battleHonour → East African campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Africa 1940–1941
Allied occupation of Asmara → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ
Royal Indian Artillery → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African Campaign
Wingate of Burma → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ
subject surface form: Orde Charles Wingate
this entity surface form: East African Campaign