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1942: Madagascar
With the rapid Japanese advance into Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and Burma during the opening weeks of 1942, the strategic importance of Madagascar became increasingly evident. The Allied governments naturally feared that the Vichy régime might permit the Japanese to penetrate, and even take...
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