World War II in Africa Timeline: July 1940

By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide

1940, 4 July: East Africa
British posts at Kassala and Gallabat, on the borders of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Eritrea, and Sudan, are attacked and captured by the Italian Northern Army under the command of the Duke of Acosta. At the same time Italian forces attack the British post at Moyale on the border with Kenya.

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