>>212209017
>Yes, the British and Italians did engage in combat in Mogadishu during World War II, but the fighting was relatively limited and brief.
>Mogadishu, the capital of present-day Somalia, was part of Italian Somaliland during World War II. Italy, under Mussolini, had colonized much of East Africa, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somaliland, forming Italian East Africa.
Timeline of Events:
• In August 1940, early in World War II, Italian forces invaded British Somaliland from neighboring Italian-controlled territories and occupied it.
• In response, the British organized a counteroffensive in early 1941 as part of their broader East African Campaign.
Battle for Mogadishu:
• In February 1941, British and Commonwealth forces advanced into Italian Somaliland from Kenya and British Somaliland.
• On 25 February 1941, British troops captured Mogadishu with minimal resistance, as Italian forces withdrew to avoid a major confrontation.
• The city was taken relatively easily because Italian forces were already stretched thin and demoralized after setbacks elsewhere in East Africa.
>Yes, the British and Italians were on opposing sides in Mogadishu during WWII, but the city was captured with little actual combat. The encounter was part of the larger British campaign to dismantle Italian control in East Africa, which ultimately succeeded by mid-1941.
Actually everything checks out, he was taken as a POW by the Brits not killed. I never said there was some epic battle but your’re the retard who thought British never went there and clashed with Italians at all.
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