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The Battle of Madagascar was the British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II. It began with Operation Ironclad, the seizure of the port of Diego Suarez near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942. A subsequent campaign to secure the entire island, Operation Streamline Jane, was opened on 10 September. Fighting ceased and an armistice was granted on 6 November.

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rdfs:comment	The Battle of Madagascar was the British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II. It began with Operation Ironclad, the seizure of the port of Diego Suarez near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942. A subsequent campaign to secure the entire island, Operation Streamline Jane, was opened on 10 September. Fighting ceased and an armistice was granted on 6 November.
foaf:name	Battle of Madagascar
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causalties	* 1 battleship heavily damaged * 1 oil tanker sunk * 620 casualties in total (107 killed in action; 280 wounded; 108 died from disease)
combatant	* Free Poland (naval) (naval only) French Madagascar *Tanganyika Free Netherlands(naval) Non-combatant Support:
commander	Annet, Armand Leon Robert Grice Sturges dbpedia:Ishizaki_Noboru Sir Edward Neville Syfret
date	1942-05-05(xsd:dateTime)
is part of military conflict	dbpedia:Indian_Ocean_in_World_War_II
place of military conflict	Madagascar dbpedia:Indian_Ocean
result	Allied victory
strength	10,000–15,000 (land forces) 8,000 troops, 6 tanks, 35 aircraft (land forces)
territory	France Madagascar
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Débarquement_à_Tamatave.jpg?width=300
is battle of	East Indies Fleet (1944–52) Robert Grice Sturges Sir Michael Montgomerie Alston-Roberts-West Royal Naval Commandos Sir Hugh Charles Stockwell No. 5 Commando 29th Infantry Brigade Burrell, Henry Reginald Maurice James Hutton Anthony Follett Pugsley

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