Battle of Tug Argan
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The Battle of Tug Argan was fought between forces of the British Empire and Italy from 11 to 15 August 1940 in the Somaliland Protectorate. The battle determined the result of the Italian invasion of British Somaliland and the larger East African Campaign of the Second World War.
The Tug Argan Gap
Archibald Wavell, whose reputation as one of Britain's finest officers suffered as a result of the retreat from Tug Argan
British Somaliland
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British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate, was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast and Abyssinia. From 1940 to 1941, it was occupied by the Italians and was part of Italian East Africa.
Sultans of the Isaaq clan in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Mohamoud Ali Shire Sultan of the Warsangali clan
Aerial view of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's main fort in Taleh, the capital of his Dervish movement
Somaliland Camel Corps between Berbera and Odweyne in 1913.