Sudan–Eritrea front

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The Sudan–Eritrea front was a key sector of the East African Campaign in World War II, where British-led forces clashed with Italian colonial troops along the border between Sudan and Eritrea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front
theatre of operations
belligerent British Empire
Italian East Africa NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
campaignObjective expel Italian forces from Eritrea
secure Sudan–Eritrea border
commandedBy British Middle East Command NERFINISHED
Italian East Africa high command NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
endTime 1941
frontlineLength hundreds of kilometres
hasMajorBattle Battle of Agordat (1941) NERFINISHED
Battle of Barentu NERFINISHED
Battle of Gallabat–Metemma NERFINISHED
Battle of Kassala (1940) NERFINISHED
Battle of Keren NERFINISHED
hasParticipant Eritrean colonial troops
Free French Forces NERFINISHED
Indian Army (British Indian Army) NERFINISHED
Regia Aeronautica NERFINISHED
Regio Esercito NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
Sudan Defence Force NERFINISHED
historicalEra World War II NERFINISHED
involves colonial troops
imperial forces
locatedIn Eritrea NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED
locatedOn Sudan–Eritrea border NERFINISHED
opponent British-led forces
Italian colonial troops
partOf East African Campaign NERFINISHED
region Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
relatedConflict East African Campaign NERFINISHED
Italian invasion of British Somaliland NERFINISHED
result Allied victory
British conquest of Eritrea NERFINISHED
startTime 1940
strategicImportance access route into Italian East Africa
protection of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
terrain mountainous terrain
semi-arid lowlands
usedWarfareType air warfare
conventional land warfare

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Battle of Agordat front Sudan–Eritrea front