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The British Somaliland Protectorate was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, later part of Somalia. Egypt dominated the area in the 1870s, but withdrew in 1884, upon which the British established a protectorate and garrisoned it from Aden. The protectorate was administered from British India until 1898, then by the Foreign Office, and after 1905 the Colonial Office.
During the East African Campaign, the protectorate was occupied by Italy in August 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F, but recaptured by the British in March 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St.
A referendum indicated support for unification with Italian SomalilandItalian Somaliland was an Italian colony that lasted, apart from a brief interlude of British rule, from the late 19th century until 1960 in the territory of the modern-day East African nation of Somalia. Italy gained control of various parts of Somalia i to form the nation of Somalia, which occurred 1 July 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23. After the breakdown of Somalia's central government, the formed British Somaliland declared indepednence as SomalilandSoomaaliland Republic of Somaliland ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Somali Capital Hargeisa President Dahir Riyale Kahin Area Total 137,600 kmē Population Total Density 2,500,000 3,500,00025/kmē Independence Declared Recognition From S.
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- British Somaliland postage stampsBritish Somaliland Originally mail from Somaliland used postage stamps of Egypt, then India. In 1903, about 30 types of stamps of India were overprinted "BRITISH / SOMALILAND". In 1904 the protectorate issued its own stamps, featuring a profile of King Ed
