August 7 in History

7 August in History – 85 years ago

Italian Conquest of British Somaliland

Southern Asia 1940: Italian Conquest of British Somaliland

The Second World War did not start well for the Allies, with Germany defeating France in... SEE MORE…

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All Maps on this day

Historical Atlas of Northern Eurasia 2008: South Ossetia War
Northern Eurasia 2008
South Ossetia War
Following the Color Revolutions of the early 2000s, it began to look like Georgia, Ukraine, and...
Historical Atlas of Southern Asia 1940: Italian Conquest of British Somaliland
Southern Asia 1940
Italian Conquest of British Somaliland
The Second World War did not start well for the Allies, with Germany defeating France in June...
Historical Atlas of Sub-Saharan Africa 1916: East African Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa 1916
East African Campaign
By March 1916 the Allies had conquered all of the German colonial empire except for German East...
 

on 7 August 1942

US forces land on Guadalcanal

All Events on 7 August

starts   2008
Russian war with Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia
starts   1999
Chechen incursion into Dagestan
ends   1970
Sporadic Arab clashes with Israeli occupation forces
  1960
Ivory Coast gains independence from France
ends   1958
Civil war in Colombia
  1942
US forces land on Guadalcanal
starts   1933
Assyrians massacred in northern Iraq
ends   1916
French attempt to conquer the Tibesti
starts   1914
Germans defeat French incursion & overrun Belgium
ends   1907
French bombard and occupy Casablanca
  1897
Anglo-Egyptian forces take Abu Hamed
ends   177
Mauri invasion of Baetica repulsed*
ends   79
Roman forces conquer Cambria*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 7 August for purposes of Omniatlas

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