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Name: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (British Protectorate)

Type: Polity

Start: 1925 AD

End: 1955 AD

Nation: sudan

Parent: great britain

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Was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt in the territories of present-day Sudan and South Sudan. After Egyptian independence in 1922, Britain gradually assumed more control of the condominium, edging out Egypt almost completely by 1924.

Establishment


  • January 1925: After Egyptian independence in 1922 as the Kingdom of Egypt, Britain gradually assumed more control of the condominium of Sudan, edging out Egypt almost completely by 1924.
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    1. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    1.1.World War II (East African Theatre)

    Was the East African theatre of World War II.

    1.1.1.Italian invasion of Sudan

    Was an Italian military campaign in Sudan during World War II.

  • July 1940: The Italian army captured Kassala, then Gallabat.
  • July 1940: Karora and Kurmuk were taken by Italian forces.
  • January 1941: British General William Platt occupied the Eritrean city of Gallabat.
  • January 1941: On 21 January 1941, the Italian command, under British pressure, decided to evacuate Cassala and other difficult to defend locations to shorten the front.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1935: The Sarra Triangle was ceded to Italian Libya in 1934.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1956: Sudan become an independent sovereign state, the Republic of the Sudan, bringing to an end its nearly 136-year union with Egypt and its 56-year occupation by the British.
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