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'Sea-borne Assault: Troops Move In To Madagascar', 1940-1942, (1943). The Battle of Madagascar was a British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II. During the Landings of Operation Ironclad, British 29th Infantry Brigade and No. 5 Commandos landed in assault craft in Courrier Bay and Ambararata Bay, west of the major port of Diego Suarez (later known as Antsiranana), at the northern tip of Madagascar. From Combined Operations, 1940-1942. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1943]