Battle of Madagascar
The Battle of Madagascar (5 May – 6 November 1942) was a British 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 (now Antsiranana) near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942.
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Battle of Madagascar
The Battle of Madagascar (5 May – 6 November 1942) was a British 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 (now Antsiranana) near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942.
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Bitva o Madagaskar byla bitva, ...... které pluly v Indickém oceánu.
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Bitwa o Madagaskar – kampania ...... drugiej fazie operacja Stream.
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De Slag om Madagaskar (ook bek ...... en duurde tot 6 november 1942.
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L'opération Ironclad (mot angl ...... , du 5 mai au 8 novembre 1942.
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La batalla de Madagascar (o Op ...... acabar fins al 6 de novembre.
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La batalla de Madagascar fue l ...... saron hasta el 6 de noviembre.
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La battaglia del Madagascar (i ...... enti all'8ª armata britannica.
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Operation Ironclad (engl. für ...... Einheiten am 8. November 1942.
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Pertempuran Madagaskar adalah ...... gancam rute persediaan Sekutu.
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The Battle of Madagascar (5 Ma ...... ced under Free French control.
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1 battleship heavily damaged
1 oil tanker sunk
107 killed
108 died from disease
280 wounded
8 tanks destroyed
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Allied victory
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1 minelayer
1 reconnaissance aircraft
1 seaplane carrier
10,000–15,000 soldiers
2 aircraft carriers
2 battleships
2 midget submarines
2 soldiers
22 destroyers
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King's African Rifles' 25 pdr ...... eam Line Jane, September 1942.
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Risk of Japanese submarine base threatening supply routes
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* Madagascar
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Armand Annet Noboru Ishizaki
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Edward Syfret
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Robert Sturges
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Battle of Madagascar
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Location of Diego-Suarez Bay
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Madagascar
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the Indian Ocean theatre of World War II
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Allied victory
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Free French administration established in Madagascar
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Bitva o Madagaskar byla bitva, ...... které pluly v Indickém oceánu.
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Bitwa o Madagaskar – kampania ...... drugiej fazie operacja Stream.
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De Slag om Madagaskar (ook bek ...... en duurde tot 6 november 1942.
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L'opération Ironclad (mot angl ...... , du 5 mai au 8 novembre 1942.
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La batalla de Madagascar (o Op ...... acabar fins al 6 de novembre.
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La batalla de Madagascar fue l ...... saron hasta el 6 de noviembre.
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La battaglia del Madagascar (i ...... enti all'8ª armata britannica.
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Operation Ironclad (engl. für ...... Einheiten am 8. November 1942.
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Pertempuran Madagaskar adalah ...... gancam rute persediaan Sekutu.
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The Battle of Madagascar (5 Ma ...... of the island, on 5 May 1942.
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Bataille de Madagascar
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Batalla de Madagascar
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Batalla de Madagascar
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Battaglia del Madagascar
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Battle of Madagascar
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Bitva o Madagaskar
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Bitwa o Madagaskar
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Operation Ironclad
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Pertempuran Madagaskar
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Slag om Madagaskar
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Battle of Madagascar
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