Italian conquest of British Somaliland
| Italian conquest of British Somaliland | |||||||||
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| Part of the East African Campaign of World War II | |||||||||
 Italian conquest of British Somaliland, August 1940 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Ethiopian Empire
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Reade Godwin-Austen Arthur Chater |
Guglielmo Nasi Carlo De Simone |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 5,000 regular troops | 24,000 colonial troops | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 50 killed 105 wounded 120 missing 7 aircraft destroyed 10 aircraft damaged 1 tug lost 2 vessels slightly damaged |
465 killed 1,530 wounded 4 aircraft destroyed |
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| Up to 2,000 Somalis killed or wounded fighting in the Bande irregolari against British rule. Around 1,000 Somali irregulars killed or wounded fighting against the Italian invasion. |
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Australia (naval only)
South Africa (air force only)
The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was a military campaign in East Africa, which took place in August 1940 between forces of Italy and those of several British and Commonwealth countries. The Italian expedition was part of the East African Campaign.
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