Madagascar campaign

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The Madagascar campaign was a World War II Allied military operation in 1942 to seize the strategically important island of Madagascar from Vichy French control and prevent its use by Axis naval forces.

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Madagascar campaign canonical 4
Battle of Madagascar 1
Madagascar Campaign (1942) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Madagascar campaign
surface form: Battle of Madagascar

Operation Ironclad
belligerent British Empire
Free French Forces
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Armed Forces of South Africa
surface form: South African forces

United Kingdom
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
commander Admiral Edward Neville Syfret
General Armand Léon Annet
Major-General Robert Sturges
conflict World War II
countryInvolved France
Madagascar
South Africa
dateOfSurrender 1942-11-06
endDate 1942-11-06
involvedBattle Battle of Diego Suarez
Battle of Diego Suarez
surface form: Battle of Majunga

Battle of Tamatave
involvedOperation Operation Ironclad
location Indian Ocean
Madagascar
objective prevent Axis naval use of Madagascar
secure Allied sea lanes in the Indian Ocean
seize Madagascar from Vichy French control
opposingForce Vichy French forces
surface form: Vichy French colonial forces
partOf Allied operations in the Indian Ocean
primaryLandingArea Ambararata Bay NERFINISHED
Courrier Bay NERFINISHED
Diego Suarez
relatedTo Free French government
surface form: Free French movement

French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
result Allied victory
Madagascar placed under Free French administration
end of Vichy French control of Madagascar
startDate 1942-05-05
strategicImportance control of sea routes around Cape of Good Hope
protection of Allied shipping to the Middle East and India
surrenderedTo Allied forces
theatre African theatre of World War II
threatAddressed possible use of Madagascar by Imperial Japanese Navy
threat to Allied convoys in the Indian Ocean
typeOfWarfare air-sea coordinated operation
amphibious warfare
naval warfare

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Vichy French forces engagedIn Madagascar campaign
King's African Rifles conflict Madagascar campaign
this entity surface form: Madagascar Campaign (1942)
African Theater hasPart Madagascar campaign
Troupes coloniales conflict Madagascar campaign
this entity surface form: Madagascar campaigns
Colonial Troops notableTheater Madagascar campaign
Madagascar campaign alsoKnownAs Madagascar campaign
this entity surface form: Battle of Madagascar