Italian Somaliland


Figure 1.--This is a scene in Mogadishu during the Italian colonial era.

Italy entered Somalia the year after the British-French Somali boundary agreement (1889). The Italians created a small protectorate along the eastern Indian Ocean coast. Some resistance was encoutered as the Italians expanded their new colony (1889-92). Subsequently additional territory was added in the south which the sultan of Zanzibar was forced to relinquish. Additional territory was added in the north. The final addirion was Jubaland or the Trans-Juba (east of the Juba/Jubba River). It was transferred by the British from Kenya to become the westernmost area of Italian Somaliland (1925). The Italians invaded and seized Ethiopia (1935). The following year, the Italians unified Somali-speaking regions of eastern Ethiopia to create Italian East Africa. The Italians after declaring war on the British (June 1940). Italian forces launched an East African camapign. They attacked British Somaliland. The small British force evacuated to Aden. After stopping the Italian invasion of Egypt (1940), the British reinforced by South Africans organized a small military force in Kenya. They attacked the Italians from the south and quickly defeated the numerically superior Italian forces in Ethiopia and Somaliland. Britain governed the area until 1950, when Italian Somaliland reverted to a United Nations trust territory under Italian administration.







HBC







Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to Main Somali Colonial Rule page ]
[Return to Main Italian colonies page ]
[Return to Main Scramble for Africa page]
[Return to Main Italian regions page]
[Introduction] [Activities] [Biographies] [Chronology] [Clothing styles] [Countries]
[Bibliographies] [Contributions] [FAQs] [Glossaries] [Images] [Links] [Registration] [Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]





Created: 1:01 AM 1/22/2014
Last updated: 1:01 AM 1/22/2014