DIE GEALLIEERDE BESTETTING VAN MADAGASKAR IN 1942 (DEEL 5)

dc.creator	J.E.D. Grobler
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:47Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/8-4-765
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f68e07f969344bbc9cd9aa0361c84f7d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7851
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f68e07f969344bbc9cd9aa0361c84f7d
dc.description	This article resumes the description of the role of the South African Air Force in Madagascar in 1942. It covers the whole of the final phase of the campaign, from the launching of Operation Stream-line-Jane to the second half of November, when the aeroplanes left the island. That period witnessed the total elimination of the French air power. and was the only period during which air support for the ground formations was asked for and given. The second part of the article deals with medical aspects of the campaign. The tropical climate of the largest part of the island as well as the high prevalence of disease amongst the dense native population, worked in favour of the easy spread of disease amongst the occupying forces. Nevertheless the medical units managed to keep down the disease rate. A statistical table of hospitalized cases is given. Lastly the handing over of the administration to De Gaulle's Free French Movement is discussed. Thus the article series ends with Madagascar again a French colony, but this time as a strategic base of the Allies, as compared to the strategic threat which it had been when the administration was still in Vichy hands. The six-month campaign was a success, and served, in 1942. as one of the first indicators that the tide of Axis successes had been turned.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/765
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 8, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	The role of the South African Air Force in Madagascar
dc.subject	Operation Stream-line-Jane
dc.subject	elimination of the French air power
dc.subject	The handing over of the administration to De Gaulle's Free French Movement
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	DIE GEALLIEERDE BESTETTING VAN MADAGASKAR IN 1942 (DEEL 5)
dc.type	Article