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Title
The Long Road
Description
The King's African Rifles with detachments of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Car had worked their way from the port of Majunga halfway to the capital city Tananarive, The Vichy defenders were handicapped both by the limited means at their disposal …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1942-09-16
Scenario#
L
Scenario Description
The King's African Rifles with detachments of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Car had worked their way from the port of Majunga halfway to the capital city Tananarive, The Vichy defenders were handicapped both by the limited means at their disposal and the mixed emotions of many of their men. The Commonwealth troops at once represented both the best hope for a revived France and invaders of French soil. After a number of false starts and a series of minor demolitions the Vichy decided to block the major road to the capital as a matter of honor.
Location
Andriba, Madagascar
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Madagascar was the 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 near the northern tip of the island, on 5 May 1942.
Narrative Source
Combatants
British
Vichy French

Geolocation