Dervish War

1900 – 1920 · North East State of Somalia

Result British-Italian victory

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish movement fought British, Italian and Ethiopian forces in Somaliland for two decades. A British campaign using aircraft destroyed the Dervish state in 1920.

British Empire

Dervish movement

Other

Strength and losses

Strength
28,000
Killed
c. 660
Wounded
1,000
Strength
c. 25,000
Killed
4,000

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