Madagascar strategic island by G. H. Davis

Madagascar, the strategic island to Allied communications in the East, occupied by British forces, forestalls a Japanese plot during the Second World War. At the time, Madagascar belonged to Vichy France. Date: 1942

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1942/12/31 00:00:00

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? Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans / Kyodo News Images

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