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  2. Madagascar in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Madagascar, then officially known as French Madagascar, was a French colony at the outbreak of the Second World War, having been under French administration since 1885. It played an important role in the war due to the presence of critically important harbors, the contribution of Malagasy troops, and was also the scene of fighting between ...

  3. History of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    Madagascar's population is estimated to have declined by half from 5 million to 2.5 million between 1833 and 1839 from war, disease, slavery and other and violence. She also attempted to eradicate European and Christian influence in the country. [9] Christianity was made the state religion under Queen Ranavalona II (r. 1868–1883). In the ...

  4. Battle of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. French Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies (French: Colonie de Madagascar et dépendances) was a French colony off the coast of Southeast Africa between 1897 and 1958 in what is now Madagascar. The colony was formerly a protectorate of France known as Malagasy Protectorate .

  6. List of wars involving Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    Malagasy-Portuguese war (1548) Antanosy Antemoro: Portuguese Empire: Victory. Failure of Portuguese colonization [1] Antanosy-French war (1643–1674) Antanosy France: Victory. Destruction of French colony of Fort-Dauphin; Gourbeyre expedition (1829–1830) Merina Kingdom: France: Victory. France failed to regain the lost colonies of Tintingue ...

  7. First Madagascar expedition - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. France–Madagascar relations - Wikipedia

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    In 1895, Queen Ranavalona surrendered and in 1896 Madagascar was formerly annexed by France. [1] During World War II Madagascar fell under control of Vichy France. From May through November 1942, the Battle of Madagascar took place on the northern tip of the island nation near the town of Antsiranana (also known as Diego

  9. Second Madagascar expedition - Wikipedia

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    The Second Madagascar expedition was a French military intervention which took place in 1894–1895, sealing the conquest of the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar by France. It was the last phase of the Franco-Hova War and followed the First Madagascar expedition of 1883–1885.