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Base at Lae Raided (Curthoys) – 2-3
M’Arthur Works to Unify Command (Darnton) – 3
Ultimatum Given – 4-5
War News Summarized – 4
3 Ships Sent Down by Raiding U-Boats Off Coast; 18 Lost – 5-6
Soviet Reports 12,000 Nazis Slain, Much Booty Taken in Kalinin Area (Brigham) – 6-7
Hard Blow Dealt Germans in Libya (Levy) – 8
The Middle East in Focus (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-12

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/mar42/f23mar42.htm

British fleet sails for Madagascar
Monday, March 23, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the Indian Ocean... Operation Ironclad. The British launch an occupation of the island of Madagascar to prevent it from being used as a point of contact between the Axis forces in the Middle East and the Japanese. Churchill has expressed fears of Madagascar becoming a “halfway house” for the Axis powers.