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5th May 1942: Operation Ironclad - the British seize the Vichy French Island in the Indian Ocean

May 05, 2022
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HMS Devonshire and HMS Ramillies off Madagascar bombarding the French Coastal batteries.

Although many Free French were now fighting with the British, the Vichy regime in France was a different proposition. The French had allowed the Japanese into French Indo-China, a move that had given them access to Malaya and Singapore. Now it was feared that the Jap…

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