battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Tug Argan

Name: Battle of Tug Argan
Location: British Somaliland, Somalia

Battle of Tug Argan was a battle fought in 1940 at British Somaliland, in what is now Somalia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at British Somaliland. It was part of the East African Campaign, which ran from 1940 to 1941. The recorded result: Italian victory.

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Fought1940

WhereBritish Somaliland, Somalia9.561N, 44.055E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeItalian victory

Part ofEast African Campaign1940 to 1941

Where it sits in the East African Campaign

7 placed engagements of the East African Campaign in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1940 (year precision) to 1940
Place	British Somaliland, Somalia 9.561N, 44.055E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War

Placed at British Somaliland; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

British attack on Berbera 1827, 143 km NE
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 255 km S
Battle of Das 1332, 350 km NW
Siege of Aden 1513, 374 km N
Aden Expedition 1839, 374 km N

In the same war

Before: Capture of Kassala 10 June 1940
After: Battle of Agordat 26 January 1941
All 7 engagements of East African Campaign

Elsewhere in 1940

Battle of Britain United Kingdom
Battle of France Belgium
Dunkirk evacuation France
Battle of Dunkirk France
German invasion of the Netherlands Netherlands

Battle of Tug Argan is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 7 in present-day Somalia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q28925540, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tug Argan, revision 1382435564, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.