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Operation Ironclad

Name: Operation Ironclad – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1941

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill24 April 1941

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Approves Operation Ironclad in Cabinet, invasion of Madagascar with the Free French

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill5 May 1941

Diego Suarez · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The 1st large amphibious assault made by British forces since the Dardanelles. An amphibious invasion of the Vichy French colony of Madagascar

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill7 May 1941

Diego Suarez · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Vichy forces surrender to the British in Madagascar

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill9 May 1941

Diego Suarez · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The British march into Diego Suarez in Madagascar after just 2 days fighting

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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