143 - The Battle for Madagascar
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
When France capitulated in 1940 and the Vichy government came to power many of the French colonial possessions remained loyal to the new regime. The same was true for the Island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
In this episode I'm joined by Russell Phillips.
Russell's book A Strange Campaign narrates the story of the battle for Madagascar, where British troops would fight the French for possession of the island.
If you want to hear more from Russell, spool back through the WW2 Podcast feed to episode 27. We discussed Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the destruction of the Czech village of Lidice as a reprisal by the Germans. Not only was the village physically destroyed all the visible remains were removed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast, I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 0:05.5 | When the French capitulated in 1940 and the Vichy government came to power, many of the |
| 0:11.3 | French colonial possessions remained loyal to the new regime. |
| 0:15.5 | The same was true for the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. |
| 0:19.7 | In this episode I'm joined by Russell Phillips. |
| 0:23.1 | Russell's book, A Strange Campaign narrates the story of the battle for Madagascar, where |
| 0:28.7 | British troops would fight the French for possession of the island. |
| 0:33.4 | It's a curious corner of the war, which I have to admit I wasn't aware of until Russell |
| 0:39.0 | pointed it out. |
| 0:40.4 | But before we get started, just to remind you, if you enjoy the podcast every few weeks, |
| 0:46.2 | why not help me to put the show together with a small recurring donation each month |
| 0:50.1 | of a dollar or so. |
| 0:51.7 | It's easy to do via Patreon or PayPal and you can find the details at patreon.com |
| 0:56.8 | forward slash www to podcast or www to podcast.com forward slash donate. |
| 1:03.7 | Those small contributions help me find the time to do this show for you and it's a surprising |
| 1:10.1 | amount of time I have to put into researching, recording and editing and then the website |
| 1:15.5 | and social media. |
| 1:16.9 | I do try to give something extra to supporters of the podcast by releasing exclusive bits |
| 1:23.7 | that were left on the virtual cutting room floor, which I hope might be of interest. |
| 1:29.1 | So that's patreon.com forward slash www to podcast or www to podcast.com forward slash donate |
| 1:37.1 | to sign up via PayPal or Patreon. |
| 1:40.6 | Russell, it's nice to have you back. |
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