The Italian conquest of British Somaliland (Italian: conquista italiana della Somalia britannica) was a military campaign in the Horn of Africa, which took place in August 1940 between forces of Italy and those of Great Britain and its Commonwealth. The expedition formed part of the East African Campaign.
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