Britain promised Somalis during WWII that Somalia would never return to Italian rule.

Evidence

As matters turned out, it soon became obvious that the forces arrayed against the plan were such that to have sought to overcome them would have required a degree of effort and political sacrifice which was not warranted by Britain’s very limited strategic interests in the area. By the end of 1946 the Four Powers had still not reached agreement on the whole turgid question of Italy’s former possessions and it was decided to send out a commission to the countries concerned (Somalia, Eritrea, Libya, and Cyrenaica) to consult their own aspirations for the future. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 341 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Britain abandoned Somali unification because its strategic stakes there were too low — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 341

Related

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• No acceptable power wanted the evacuated Somali ports, forcing British action (similarity 0.87)
• The Bevin plan for Somali unification failed among the four powers (similarity 0.84)
• British wartime leaflets promised Somalia would never return to Italian rule (similarity 0.83)
• Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. (similarity 0.83)
• Britain relinquished the Protectorate almost unconditionally (similarity 0.82)
• Somalia’s fate was traded among rival power blocs. (similarity 0.81)
• The Second World War consolidated all Somali territories under British control (similarity 0.81)
• Postwar Great-Power talks could not agree on Somalia’s future. (similarity 0.80)
• Britain’s 1941 occupation enabled Somalis to pursue pan-Somali unity (similarity 0.80)
• Britain’s Somaliland commitments ballooned far beyond its minimal original aims (similarity 0.80)
• Italy flew pro-Italian Somalis to petition for its trusteeship (similarity 0.80)
• Britain’s nominal treaty stipulation masked its earlier unilateral record in Somaliland. (similarity 0.80)
• Great-power expediency delivered Somalia back to Italy for ten years (similarity 0.79)
• Somalia broke diplomatic ties with Britain on 12 March 1963 (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Britain abandoned Somali unification because its strategic stakes there were too low #responds-to (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 341