Allied reconquest of British Somaliland

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World War II operation military campaign

The Allied reconquest of British Somaliland was a World War II military operation in 1941 in which British and Commonwealth forces retook the British Somaliland protectorate from Italian occupation as part of the broader East African campaign.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland canonical	1
British recapture of British Somaliland	1
British reoccupation of Somaliland	1
Somaliland campaign	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt	eliminating Italian presence in British Somaliland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ surface form: British reoccupation of Somaliland re-occupation of British Somaliland ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
commander	Alan Cunningham ⓘ Carlo De Simone ⓘ Philip Neame ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
conflictType	colonial campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved	India ⓘ Italy ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Sudan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	1941-04 ⓘ
follows	Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ surface form: Italian occupation of British Somaliland
geographicalContext	Horn of Africa ⓘ
hasPart	advance from Sudan ⓘ invasion from Aden ⓘ operations along the coast of the Gulf of Aden ⓘ
involves	Commonwealth forces ⓘ colonial troops from British Empire ⓘ
location	Somaliland ⓘ surface form: British Somaliland Somaliland ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	British Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ South African Air Force ⓘ
objective	retake British Somaliland from Italian occupation ⓘ
opponent	Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Royal Army Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
opposedBy	Italian East Africa forces ⓘ
partOf	East African campaign ⓘ surface form: British military operations in East Africa East African campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ
relatedEvent	East African campaign ⓘ Italian conquest of British Somaliland ⓘ surface form: Italian invasion of British Somaliland
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startTime	1941-03 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden sea lanes ⓘ security of British shipping routes to the Suez Canal ⓘ
territorialChange	restoration of British control over British Somaliland ⓘ
theatre	East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African theatre of World War II
timePeriod	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

East African campaign → hasPart → Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

Middle East theatre of World War II → hasPart → Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somaliland campaign

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → alsoKnownAs → Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ⓘ

this entity surface form: British reoccupation of Somaliland

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

this entity surface form: British recapture of British Somaliland