Italian conquest of British Somaliland

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World War II battle military campaign

The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was a 1940 World War II campaign in which Italian forces temporarily overran the British protectorate in the Horn of Africa as part of the broader East African campaign.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Italian invasion of British Somaliland	1
Italian occupation of British Somaliland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	British Indian Army ⓘ Somaliland ⓘ surface form: British Somaliland Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Somaliland Camel Corps ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignType	offensive operation ⓘ
combatantStrength	Italian forces numerically superior to British garrison ⓘ
commander	Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen ⓘ Harold MacMichael ⓘ surface form: Harold Alfred MacMichael Rodolfo Graziani ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	August 1940 ⓘ
endDate	1940-08-19 ⓘ
evacuationPoint	Port of Berbera ⓘ
followedBy	Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ surface form: British recapture of British Somaliland Operation Appearance ⓘ
historicalContext	Italian attempt to expand influence in East Africa during World War II ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	Regia Aeronautica ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Somaliland Camel Corps ⓘ
location	Somaliland ⓘ surface form: British Somaliland Horn of Africa ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Tug Argan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Tug Argan NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	capture of British Somaliland ⓘ
occupyingPower	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	British Empire ⓘ
outcome	evacuation of British forces from Berbera ⓘ
partOf	East African campaign ⓘ
portCaptured	Berbera ⓘ
precededBy	Italian declaration of war on the United Kingdom and France ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ
relatedEvent	Italian invasion of Egypt ⓘ Italian invasion of Sudan ⓘ
result	Italian victory ⓘ temporary Italian occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
significance	first Italian victory against British forces in World War II in Africa ⓘ
startDate	1940-08-03 ⓘ
strategy	Italian advance from Italian East Africa into British Somaliland ⓘ
tactic	Italian frontal and flanking attacks on British defensive positions at Tug Argan ⓘ
temporaryControl	Italian East Africa ⓘ
theater	East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African theatre of World War II
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (4)

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

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → follows → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian occupation of British Somaliland

East African campaign → hasPart → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → precededBy → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → relatedEvent → Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian invasion of British Somaliland