On Winston Churchill’s orders in February 1922, RAF planes bombarded a town in former British Somaliland, east Africa, for rebelling against colonial taxation. “The inhabitants of the native township were turned out of their houses, and the entire area was razed by a combination of bombing, machine-gun fire and burning,” wrote one historian. … Continue reading Destruction from the air in British-ruled Somaliland
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Destruction from the air in British-ruled Somaliland
On Winston Churchill’s orders in February 1922, RAF planes bombarded a town in former British Somaliland, east Africa, for rebelling against colonial taxation. “The inhabitants of the native township were turned out of their houses, and the entire area was razed by a combination of bombing, machine-gun fire and burning,” wrote one historian. … Continue reading Destruction from the air in British-ruled Somaliland