Chronology of World War II
Italians advance in British Somaliland
Sunday, August 11, 1940 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... In British Somaliland the Italians advance to and attack the main British positions on the Hargeisa-Berbera road at Tug Argan. General Godwin-Austen has arrived to command the British force.

Over Britain... There are German air raids on Weymouth and Portland. The RAF loses 32 planes and the Luftwaffe 38.
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