Word: madagascars
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...story of huge, thinly settled Madagascar may not yet be finished. Last week two Japanese naval officers, in civilian clothes, scampered for cover near British-occupied Diégo-Suarez, scorned surrender, got shot...
Even though the island was taken from an ineffectual foe, Madagascar was a great victory. Britain had prepared the blow for three months, had determined that this time the show would come...
...British task force under greying, athletic Admiral Edward Neville Syfret stood off the craggy north end of Madagascar. The landing force was under the command of a veteran of beachhead warfare: lean, aloof Major General Robert Grice Sturges of the Royal Marines, Officer in the "Jollies" since 1912, he had gone through the blistering hell of Gallipoli, had seen British Marines shot to pieces on Belgium's coast in World...
...over except the shouting. Vichy insisted its troops would still fight from the hills. Even if they did, Britain had the big harbor, could clean them out later, although the island is more than twice as big as Great Britain. But few thought that the French on Madagascar would show very persistent zeal. If France had let the Jap have Indo-China, there was little point in dying to save Madagascar from the British...
There was also little point in what the Axis had to say about being, for once, beaten to a strategic plum. Said the German Foreign Ministry: "Since Madagascar is far from any Axis base, the true reason for its occupation by the British is its wealth." The Jap sounded still sillier: "Radio Tokyo predicted the occupation. We are great prophets...