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The Indian troops that had so successfully opened Operation Compass now found themselves fighting an entirely different war in a remote corner of Africa. The 4th Indian Division now joined up with the 5th Indian Division who had already engaged the Italians at Gallabat.
On the 19th January British forces moved across the border from southern Sudan and took the border town of Kassala. The British comprised a variety of forces, some with very improvised equipment.
Indian troops cross the Atbara river with their motor transport on a pontoon raft, as they move into Italian occupied Eritrea.
On the 19th January British forces moved across the border from southern Sudan and took the border town of Kassala. The British comprised a variety of forces, some with very improvised equipment.
Indian troops cross the Atbara river with their motor transport on a pontoon raft, as they move into Italian occupied Eritrea.