Battle of Tug Argan
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The Battle of Tug Argan was fought between forces of the British Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from 11 to 15 August 1940 in British Somaliland. The battle determined the result of the Italian invasi
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
The East African campaign was a military campaign fought in East Africa during the Second World War by the Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Itali
Battle of Tug Argan
…Kingdom of Italy from 11 to 15 August 1940 in British Somaliland. The battle determined the result of the Italian invasion of British Somaliland in the East African Campaign of the Second World War. Italian troops were advancing northwards on a north–south road toward the capital of Berbera through the Tug Argan gap, named…
South African soldiers with a captured Italian flag, 1941
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 formation
Indian soldiers at a shore post in Berbera, August 1940.
Prince Amedeo Duke of Aosta, Commander in Chief of Italian military forces in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland