Talk:Kassala

Accuracy
There are two wildly different population figures provided; the lower figures seems consistent with the article about the state, Kassala (state). Someone please investigate this, or explain the differences in the article (why was there such a large population drop in just five years?) Mindmatrix 17:14, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, my fault. I was merging a duplicate page that someone had created at Kassala, Sudan over and wasn't thinking about the fact I was editing the town page and not the district page.  Nice catch. I'll remove it and let the number at Kassala (state) stand.  -   BanyanTree 18:07, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

ww2?
Did italians from ethiopia capture this town in World war 2? A map I have says that the British "re-take Kassala and Gallabat January-February 1941" --Astrokey 44 11:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't doubt it. It's close enough to the border if my memory of the Africa campaign is right. Go ahead and add the info, citing the map as the source. - BanyanTree 12:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

ITALIANS AT KASSALA.
The Italians took Kassala, after a bloody battle on July 17, 1894 but it never became part of eritrea just according to the British-Italian agreement of 1891. The Italian garrison left Kassala on December 25, 1897. In WWII Kassala was took by the Italians on July 4, 1940 after a massive attack which forced the British to gave up the town. In 1941, during the British counter-offensive, the Italians lost Kassala again.

THE BATTLE  OF  KASSALA (July 4, 1940): the Italians started their offensive by 6,500 men (2 brigades of cavalry) supported by 24 tanks. To defend Kassala for Britain there were 300 colonial soldiers. The battle was hard because of the fierce resistance of the British-Sudanese. On 11 a.m. the Italians took Kassala but they lost 117 men (the defender lost 10 men).

The Plane is Swiss Air
The plane is Swiss air, yet it is labeled as German. What? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.86.191 (talk) 04:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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