1942年初,正是日本海军在太平洋上横行无忌之时。与此同时,日本海军的战略家们又把眼光放在了印度洋上。但当日本人还在权衡计划的可行性时,英国情报机构已经获知了日军的企图。为防止日本人捷足先登,英军抢先发起了代号“装甲”的马达加斯加登陆战。 At the beginning of 1942, it was the time when the Japanese navy was rampant in the Pacific Ocean. In the meantime, strategists from the Japanese navy turned their attention again on the Indian Ocean. However, when the Japanese were still weighing the feasibility of the plan, the British intelligence agencies had already learned about the attempt of the Japanese army. In order to prevent Japan from being pre-empted, the British troops launched the first “armored” landing battle in Madagascar.