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French colonial troops from Madagascar on the march, October 1917. During World War I, the governor general of the colony, Hubert Garbit, organised the mobilisation of the Malagasy population. The first contingent was sent in October 1915 to France, followed by five others in 1916.
In 1896 he was promoted to General and made Governor of Madagascar, then a new French possession. He stayed in Madagascar with one brief interruption until 1905; his future commander Joseph Joffre served under him there. [20] In August 1896 Gallieni reorganised French forces, captured and executed several rebel leaders.
The History of Madagascar started from the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea, containing amongst others the African continent and the Indian subcontinent, and by the island's late colonization by human settlers from the Sunda Islands (Malay Archipelago) and from East Africa. [1]
Madagascar annexed by France; Menalamba Rebellion (1895–1897) Menalamba rebels France: Defeat. Rebellion put down by French authorities; 1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar (1904–1905) Antesaka Antanosy rebels France: Defeat. Rebellion put down by French authorities; Malagasy Uprising (1947–1949) MDRM France: Defeat. Uprising failed
A company-sized detachment of tirailleurs sénégalais took part in the conquest of Madagascar (1895), although the bulk of the non-European troops employed in this campaign were Algerian and Hausa tirailleurs. [8] Regiments of tirailleurs malgache s were subsequently recruited in Madagascar, using the Senegalese units as a model.
The Madagascar Plan (German: Madagaskarplan) was a plan proposed by the Nazi German government to forcibly relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar. Franz Rademacher , head of the Jewish Department of the German Foreign Office , proposed the idea in June 1940, shortly before the Fall of France .
The First Madagascar expedition was the beginning of the Franco-Hova War and consisted of a French military expedition against the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar in 1883. It was followed by the Second Madagascar expedition in 1895.
The Battle of Madagascar (5 May – 6 November 1942) was an Allied campaign to capture the Vichy French-controlled island Madagascar during World War II.The seizure of the island by the British was to deny Madagascar's ports to the Imperial Japanese Navy and to prevent the loss or impairment of the Allied shipping routes to India, Australia and Southeast Asia.