Sudan–Eritrea front
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The Sudan–Eritrea front was a key sector of the East African Campaign in World War II, where British-led forces clashed with Italian colonial troops along the border between Sudan and Eritrea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East African operations in Eritrea | 1 |
| Sudan–Eritrea front canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Sudan–Eritrea front Context triple: [Battle of Agordat, front, Sudan–Eritrea front]
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A.
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
The Eritrean–Ethiopian War was a brutal border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia from 1998 to 2000 that caused tens of thousands of casualties and reshaped politics in the Horn of Africa.
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B.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
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C.
Second Eritrean civil war
The Second Eritrean Civil War was an internal conflict in the early 1980s between rival Eritrean liberation fronts that weakened the independence movement and reshaped Eritrea’s political landscape.
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D.
Battle of Mekelle
The Battle of Mekelle was a key 1896 engagement in northern Ethiopia during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, where Ethiopian forces besieged and compelled the surrender of an Italian garrison, contributing to Italy’s eventual defeat in the conflict.
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E.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sudan–Eritrea front Target entity description: The Sudan–Eritrea front was a key sector of the East African Campaign in World War II, where British-led forces clashed with Italian colonial troops along the border between Sudan and Eritrea.
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A.
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
The Eritrean–Ethiopian War was a brutal border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia from 1998 to 2000 that caused tens of thousands of casualties and reshaped politics in the Horn of Africa.
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B.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
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C.
Second Eritrean civil war
The Second Eritrean Civil War was an internal conflict in the early 1980s between rival Eritrean liberation fronts that weakened the independence movement and reshaped Eritrea’s political landscape.
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D.
Battle of Mekelle
The Battle of Mekelle was a key 1896 engagement in northern Ethiopia during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, where Ethiopian forces besieged and compelled the surrender of an Italian garrison, contributing to Italy’s eventual defeat in the conflict.
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E.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military front
ⓘ
theatre of operations ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Empire
ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| campaignObjective |
expel Italian forces from Eritrea
ⓘ
secure Sudan–Eritrea border ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
British Middle East Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle East Command
Italian East Africa high command ⓘ
linked to:
Italian forces in East Africa
|
| conflict |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
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| endTime | 1941 ⓘ |
| frontlineLength | hundreds of kilometres ⓘ |
| hasMajorBattle |
Battle of Agordat (1941)
ⓘ
Battle of Barentu ⓘ Battle of Gallabat–Metemma ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Metemma
Battle of Kassala (1940) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Kassala (1940–1941)
Battle of Keren ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Eritrean colonial troops
ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ Indian Army (British Indian Army) ⓘ
linked to:
British Indian Army
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ Regio Esercito ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Sudan Defence Force ⓘ |
| historicalEra | World War II ⓘ |
| involves |
colonial troops
ⓘ
imperial forces ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eritrea
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Sudan–Eritrea border
ⓘ
linked to:
Eritrea–Sudan border
|
| opponent |
British-led forces
ⓘ
Italian colonial troops ⓘ |
| partOf |
East African Campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
East African campaign
|
| region | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| relatedConflict |
East African Campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
East African campaign
Italian invasion of British Somaliland ⓘ
linked to:
Italian conquest of British Somaliland
|
| result |
Allied victory
ⓘ
British conquest of Eritrea ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access route into Italian East Africa
ⓘ
protection of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ |
| terrain |
mountainous terrain
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semi-arid lowlands ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType |
air warfare
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conventional land warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Sudan–Eritrea front Description of subject: The Sudan–Eritrea front was a key sector of the East African Campaign in World War II, where British-led forces clashed with Italian colonial troops along the border between Sudan and Eritrea.
Referenced by (2)
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