Battle of Madagascar

The Battle of Madagascar was an Allied campaign to capture the Vichy French−controlled island Madagascar during World War II. The seizure of the island by the British was to deny Madagascar's ports to the Imperial Japanese Navy and to prevent the loss or impairment of the Allied shipping routes to India, Australia and Southeast Asia. It began with Operation Ironclad, the seizure of the port of Diego-Suarez near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942.

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1942  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, Madagascar, 

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Location: -12.2667, 49.2833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1942 Battle of Madagascar

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Westland Lysander - Royal Air Force Operations in Madagascar, 1942. MAD294

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8891

Midget submarine crews (AWM P00325-001)

Operation Ironclad.Madagascar1942

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. HU6164

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Madagascar, April - May 1942 A9065

Operation Ironclad.Madagascar1942surrender

OperationIronclad1942patrol

Katsusuke Iwase

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Madagascar, April - May 1942 A9712

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1942	Battle of Madagascar	battle	Wikidata
site	fort	1828	Fort d'Ambohimarina	fort, military unit, garrison, citadel	Wikidata
site	military base	1959	Toby jeneraly Randrianasoavina	barracks, gendarmerie, military base, military camp	Wikidata
commons	image		Westland Lysander - Royal Air Force Operations in Madagascar, 1942. MAD294		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8891		Commons
commons	image		Midget submarine crews (AWM P00325-001)		Commons
commons	image		Operation Ironclad.Madagascar1942		Commons
commons	image		Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. HU6164		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Madagascar, April - May 1942 A9065		Commons
commons	image		Operation Ironclad.Madagascar1942surrender		Commons
commons	image		OperationIronclad1942patrol		Commons
commons	image		Katsusuke Iwase		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Madagascar, April - May 1942 A9712		Commons