The Sudan Defence Force assumes the mission…

1936 CE to 1947 CE

The Sudan Defence Force assumes the mission of guarding the Sudanese frontier with Italian East Africa (present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea) as the Second World War approaches.

During the summer of 1940, in what becomes the first moves of the East African Campaign, Italian forces invade the Sudan at several points and capture the railway junction at Kassala and other villages along the border.

However, while Port Sudan is raided by irregular Eritrean forces in August 1940, the SDF prevents an Italian advance on the Red Sea port city.

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Port Sudan > Bur Sudan Ash-Sharqiyah Sudan View →

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Dinka people View → Nuer people View → Arab people View → Islam View → Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Eritrea, Italian colony of View → Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian View → Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → East Africa, Italian View →

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World War, Second (World War II) View →

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