Battle of Madagascar (redirect from Operation Ironclad)
shipping routes to India, Australia and Southeast Asia. It began with Operation Ironclad, the seizure of the port of Diego-Suarez (now Antsiranana) near the...
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Mk VII Tetrarch light tank (section Operation Ironclad)
Tetrarchs formed part of the British force which participated in Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar. In June 1942, Tetrarchs were attached...
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HMS Lookout (G32) (section Operation Ironclad)
of Battle – Tirpitz Sortie against PQ12 and QP8 – 6–13 March 1942 Operation Ironclad Archived 23 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Maritime Disasters...
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Mediterranean Theatre Operation Abstention – 25 February 1941 Operation Ironclad – 5 May 1942 Operation Agreement – 14 September 1942 Operation Torch – 8 November...
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HMS Lightning (G55) (section Operation Ironclad)
to return to Gibraltar for repairs in number two dry dock. During Operation Ironclad Lightning played a key role in the taking of a naval base at Diego...
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Ironclads (film), a 1991 TNT television film Ironclads: American Civil War, a computer game Ironclads: High Seas, a computer game Operation Ironclad or...
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that in May and August 1942 Britain conducted two amphibious operations: Operation Ironclad to secure the naval base of Diego Suarez in Madagascar which...
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HMS Laforey (G99) (section Operation Ironclad)
arriving there on 22 April. On 28 April she was deployed to support Operation Ironclad, the planned Invasion of Madagascar. She carried out shore bombardments...
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An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result...
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in early 1942 to support the invasion of Vichy French Madagascar (Operation Ironclad). After returning home in early 1943, the ship was given a lengthy...
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Force H (section Operation Catapult)
September 1941 Operation Ironclad as part of Force 121 – March to May 1942 Operation Harpoon – June 1942 Operation Pedestal – August 1942 Operation Husky – July...
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took part in Operation Ironclad, the British invasion of Vichy French-controlled Madagascar. In November 1942, she took part in Operation Torch, the Allied...
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May to 6 November 1942, British and Commonwealth forces conducted Operation Ironclad, known as the Battle of Madagascar, the seizure of the large, Vichy...
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Heavy Japanese artillery attack on Corregidor. British forces begin "Operation Ironclad": the invasion of Madagascar to keep the Vichy French territory from...
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were a score of merchant ships. In May 1942 the British launched Operation Ironclad, the invasion of French Madagascar. It was feared that the Japanese...
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HMS Royal Ulsterman (section Operation Ironclad)
took part in Operation Ironclad (the battle of Madagascar), landing elements at Diego Suarez on 5 May 1942. Ulsterman took part in Operation Torch (the...
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Amphibious warfare (redirect from Amphibious operation)
Norwegian campaign. The first major and successful amphibious operation was Operation Ironclad, a British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar...
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13695 habitants. In 1942, Diego-Suarez was the primary objective of Operation Ironclad, the starting point of the Allied invasion and capture of Madagascar...
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before joining the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean to participate in Operation Ironclad in May 1942. The ship was recalled home to be converted into an escort...
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Royal Naval Commandos (section Operations)
Naval Commandos were formed from these beach parties shortly after Operation Ironclad, the initial Allied landings on Madagascar to capture the Vichy French-held...
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M22 Locust (section Operation Varsity)
Squadron, which had seen service as an independent tank unit during Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar in mid-1942. The squadron was also equipped...
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active service in the Second World War, taking a prominent role in Operation Ironclad (the Battle of Madagascar) and the Arakan offensive of the Burma campaign...
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launched a Nakajima A6M2-N reconnaissance aircraft over the port. Operation Ironclad was relaunched, after being stalled, on June 22 to counterattack,...
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23 April. She left Durban five days later as part of the fleet for Operation Ironclad. The fleet landed Allied troops at Diego-Suarez on 5 May and had captured...
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Fairey Swordfish (section Mediterranean operations)
anti-submarine operations in Diego Suarez Bay and bombed land targets in support of land operations during Operation Ironclad. In the later Operation Jane, Swordfish...
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Javelin participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942. She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver...
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The casemate ironclad was a type of iron or iron-armored gunboat briefly used in the American Civil War by both the Confederate States Navy and the Union...
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HMS Devonshire (39) (section Operation Menace)
escorted a convoy from Durban, South Africa to Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad, which was launched to preempt a possible Japanese occupation of the...
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Japanese advances in early 1942, Combined Operations landing craft were shipped to the Indian Ocean for Operation Ironclad, the invasion of the Vichy French colony...
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Operation Touchstone, an exercise to test East Africa's defences against a seaborne invasion and to conduct a dress rehearsal for Operation Ironclad,...
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