DIE GEALLIEERDE BESTETTING VAN MADAGASKAR IN 1942 (DEEL 4) TAMATAVE, TULEAR EN DIE OORGAWE VAN ANNET

dc.creator	J.E.D. Grobler
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:31Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/8-3-779
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/38a53de7857246a094334d924bac8ef9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9060
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/38a53de7857246a094334d924bac8ef9
dc.description	<p>In September 1942,the third stage in Operation Stream-line-Jane, namely the occupation of the port city of Tamatave on the east coast, was executed by British units. This article briefly deals with that operation, in which no Union troops took part, before turning to what was from the South African viewpoint, the more important Operation Rose. In the execution of that operation South Africans for the first and only time during the Second World War were used in an amphibious attack. Tulear, a small port and town, was captured during that operation, and afterwards garrisoned for more than a month, before the South Africans there started moving towards the interior in search of the Vichy French administrator.</p><p>Meanwhile the troops which occupied Tananarive, supported by a South African armoured car squadron, moved southwards, also in search of the administrator. A few engagements took place, in which the armoured cars played a minor role, before, after about six weeks, the French called for an armistice. Thus ended the campaign in Madagascar, a campaign in which the Vichy French were reluctant to physically defend their colony, although quite prepared to spare no other trouble in prolonging the date of its surrender as long as possible.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/779
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 8, Iss 3 (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	Operation Jane
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	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 4) TAMATAVE, TULEAR EN DIE OORGAWE VAN ANNET
dc.type	Article