After the campaign , the victorious Allies dismantled Italian East Africa . The Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement restored Haile Selassie to the Ethiopian throne ( see the section on Ethiopia ) . Somaliland and Eritrea were placed under British military administration . In 1945 , during the Potsdam Conference , the United Nations granted Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland under close supervision , on condition that Somalia achieve independence within ten years . In 1950 Eritrea was ceded to Ethiopia . Both British and Italian Somaliland became independent in 1960 soon after united as the Somali Republic
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
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