egypt and the suez canal were obvious targets and an italian invasion of french somaliland (djibouti) or british somaliland was also feasible. mussolini looked forward to propaganda triumphs in sudan and british east africa (kenya, tanganyika and uganda). the italian general staff ("comando supremo") had based its strategic calculations on an assumption that there would be no war until 1942, and the "regio esercito" (italian royal army) and "regia aeronautica" (italian royal air force) were not prepared for a long war or the occupation of large tracts of africa.