East African campaign (World War II) - Wikipedia The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941
BBC - WW2 Peoples War - Timeline Italian East Africa bordered both British-held Kenya and the Sudan, which was jointly controlled by Britain and Egypt; it also threatened the approaches to the Suez Canal
Sub-Saharan Africa 1941: East African Campaign - Omniatlas The British 11th and 12th African Divisions under General Alan Cunningham invaded Italian Somaliland from Garissa and Bura in Kenya, capturing Kismayu on the Juba River on 13 February
24 - Sudanese Popular Response to World War II Situated between Egypt and Libya in the north and Italian-occupied Ethiopia in the east, Sudan's involvement in World War II was inevitable The country became a major theater of military operations and a pivotal supply center for the Allied Forces in North Africa and the Middle East
Campaign for East Africa | Operations Codenames of WWII On 10 June 1940, Dickinson’s East Africa Force had been established for North-East Africa, East Africa and British Central Africa In Sudan about 8,500 troops and 80 aircraft guarded a 1,200-mile (1930-km) frontier with Africa Orientale Italiana
East African campaign (World War II) - Military Wiki The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941
The East Africa Campaign - WartimeNI Imperial War Museum Photo: E 1227 (Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection) Smoke rising from Fort Gallabat, on the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier during the British army’s East Africa campaign on 22nd November 1940
Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II) - LiquiSearch Many "Operational Centres" - small groups of officers and NCOs operating in enemy territory providing training and arms to Ethiopian patriot forces loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie I and co-ordinating their operations “ In civilization, as in a southern latitude, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes
East African campaign (World War II) order of battle - Wikipedia The Order of battle of the East African campaign shows the ground forces of both sides in East Africa on the date that the Italians declared war on Britain and France, 10 June 1940 and for the British and Commonwealth forces involved in the 1941 offensive
7 Second Front: Striking from the Sudan - Oxford Academic This chapter illustrates how the opening shots of the East African offensive actually began on the northern front The advance by British and Commonwealth troops that started from the Sudanese border saw some of the heaviest fighting and the most resolute defense conducted by the Italians, not just in this campaign but in any of the entire war