Somaliland Campaign (1900–1920)

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The Somaliland Campaign (1900–1920) was a series of British-led military operations in the Horn of Africa aimed at suppressing the Dervish movement of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and consolidating colonial control over the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Anglo-Somali War NERFINISHED
Dervish War NERFINISHED
belligerent Dervish State NERFINISHED
Somaliland Dervishes NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
chronology overlaps with World War I period
pre–World War I colonial conflict
combatantCommander Charles Egerton NERFINISHED
Eric Swayne NERFINISHED
Hastings Ismay NERFINISHED
Horace Smith-Dorrien NERFINISHED
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan NERFINISHED
conflict Dervish movement NERFINISHED
endTime 1920
goal consolidation of British colonial control in Somaliland
suppression of the Dervish movement
hasCause resistance to British, Italian, and Ethiopian influence in Somaliland
hasEffect casualties among Dervish fighters and civilians
displacement of Somali populations
strengthening of British Somaliland Protectorate
ideologicalContext Islamic reformist movement of the Dervishes
involvedMilitaryBranch British Army NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal Navy NERFINISHED
location Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
Somaliland NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Battle of Dul Madoba NERFINISHED
Battle of Jidbali NERFINISHED
bombing of Taleh NERFINISHED
opponent Mohammed Abdullah Hassan NERFINISHED
opposedBy local Somali clans aligned with Britain
partOf Scramble for Africa NERFINISHED
history of Somaliland
history of the British Empire
result defeat of the Dervish State
destruction of Taleh forts
expansion of British influence in Somaliland
startTime 1900
territorialContext British Somaliland Protectorate NERFINISHED
adjacent Ethiopian Empire
usedTechnology artillery
early military aviation in Africa
machine guns
usedWarfareMethod aerial bombardment
guerrilla warfare

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King's African Rifles conflict Somaliland Campaign (1900–1920)