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.

Aliases (3)

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	British reoccupation of Somaliland → re-occupation of British Somaliland →
belligerent	British Empire → Kingdom of Italy →
commander	Alan Cunningham → Carlo De Simone → Philip Neame →
conflict	Second World War →
conflictType	colonial campaign →
countryInvolved	India → Italy → South Africa → Sudan → United Kingdom →
endTime	1941-04 →
follows	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	British Somaliland → Somaliland →
militaryBranchInvolved	British Army → Royal Air Force → Royal Navy → South African Air Force →
objective	retake British Somaliland from Italian occupation →
opponent	Italian Royal Army → Regia Aeronautica →
opposedBy	Italian East Africa forces →
partOf	British military operations in East Africa → East African campaign →
precededBy	Italian conquest of British Somaliland →
relatedEvent	East African campaign → 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 theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	1941 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East African campaign → Middle East theatre of World War II ("Somaliland campaign") →	hasPart
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ("British reoccupation of Somaliland") →	alsoKnownAs
Italian conquest of British Somaliland ("British recapture of British Somaliland") →	followedBy