Pertempuran Madagaskar adalah upaya sekutu untuk merebut Madagaskar yang dikuasai Prancis Vichy selama Perang Dunia II. Pertempuran ini dimulai pada 5 Mei 1942. Pertempuran ini berakhir pada 6 November.
| Pertempuran Madagaskar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagian dari Perang Dunia II | ||||||||
Tentara Britania mendarat di Tamatave pada Mei 1942. | ||||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | ||||||||
| Australia | Prancis Vichy Jepang | |||||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | ||||||||
| Robert Sturges | Armand Léon Annet | |||||||
| Kekuatan | ||||||||
| 10.000-15.000 | 8.000 | |||||||
| Korban | ||||||||
| 107 terbunuh 620 | 152 terbunuh 500 terluka (tidak termasuk yang tewas karena sakit) 1.000 ditawan 1 kapal selam cebol rusak 1 kapal selam cebol hilang di laut |
Pertempuran ini diakibatkan oleh kemungkinan bahwa Jepang dapat menggunakan Madagaskar sebagai basis kapal selam untuk mengancam rute persediaan Sekutu.
Catatan kaki Sunting
- Rigge pp 103-04
- ^ Wessels 1996.
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister (10 November 1942). . Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 22 May 2014.
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