Somaliland campaign

The Somaliland campaign, also called the Anglo-Somali War or the Dervish rebellion, was a series of military expeditions that took place between 1900 and 1920 in modern-day <a href="/facts/Somaliland/5sSah01x">Somaliland</a>. The British were assisted in their offensives by the <a href="/facts/Ethiopian_Empire/tDLkYzkb">Ethiopian Empire</a> and the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Italy/X5hxYBvF">Kingdom of Italy</a>.
The Dervish led by <a href="/facts/Mohammed_Abdullah_Hassan/8JAFoHBQ">Sayid Muhammed Abdullah Hassan</a>, continued independently from about (24–26) years between <a href="tel:1896/1900–1921">1896/1900–1921</a>. The Dervish movement had successfully repulsed the British Empire four times and forced it to retreat to the coastal region., 
With the defeat of the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman</a> and <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German</a> empires in <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>, the Dervish movement lacked any allies. The British thus turned their attention to the Dervishes, who launched a massive combined arms offensive on their strongholds of the <a href="/facts/Taleh/YnERclgJ">Taleh</a> forts. The British also <a href="/facts/Somaliland_campaign_(1920)/CGIc2T12">aerially bombed</a> the Dervish capital of Taleh, bringing the conflict to an end.

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