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Flag of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party. During World War II, Britain regained control of British Somaliland and conquered Italian Somaliland, administering both militarily as protectorates.
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
The national flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban.The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Somaliland [1] before being adopted by the short-lived State of Somaliland and the Somali Republic.
Flag of Somalia. The flag of Somalia consists of a single white five-pointed star on a cyan field representing the five regions in which Somalis reside (at the time: British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ogaden and the north of Kenya [2]), making it also the ethnic flag of the Somali people.
Flag of Galmudug State: Same as Somalia's national flag. 2009–2010: Flag of Galmudug State [11] 2010–2015: Flag of Galmudug State [12] [13] 2009– Flag of Puntland State: A horizontal tricolor of blue, white and green with a white star at the top. [14] [15] –2009: Flag of Puntland State: Same as Somalia's national flag. 2012–2017 2023 ...
The rugged Somali countryside was impassable by vehicles, meaning that the British could defend bottlenecks on the two roads to Berbera, which wound through the desert via the towns of Hargeisa and Burao, respectively. The Hargeisa road, the most direct route to the capital, was most easily blocked at the Tug Argan gap in the Assa hills.
Somalia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Two Osa Missile Boats belonging to the Somali Navy, during the 1983 US-Somali Operation Bright Star.. The military history of Somalia encompasses the major conventional wars, conflicts and skirmishes involving the historic empires, kingdoms and sultanates in the territory of present-day Somalia, through to modern times.
British Empire in World War II; British Somaliland; Civil ensign; East African campaign (World War II) Flag of Somalia; Flag of Somaliland; Flags of Africa; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; Indian Ocean in World War II; Italian East Africa; Italian invasion of British Somaliland; List of Somali flags