Battle of Diego Suarez

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The Battle of Diego Suarez was a World War II amphibious assault in May 1942 in which British forces seized the strategic port of Diego Suarez in northern Madagascar from Vichy French control to secure vital Indian Ocean shipping routes.

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Battle of Diego Suarez canonical 1
Battle of Majunga 1

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Madagascar campaign involvedBattle Battle of Diego Suarez
Madagascar campaign involvedBattle Battle of Diego Suarez
this entity surface form: Battle of Majunga