Madagascar Orders of Battle
Ground Forces Order of Battle, July 1942
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Note : This orbat gives the position of French forces after the
fall of Diego Suarez to the British. It is reproduced directly from "La
"guérilla" des troupes vichystes à Madasgar en 1942"
which looks like a reliable article. However, one point is subject
to caution : there were in fact two Régiments Mixtes Malgaches
of three battalions rather than one of six battalions as shown below (this
is obvioulsy a typo). I haven't yet been able to check which battalions
in fact belonged to the 2e RMM.
West Coast
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2 platoons of reservists and volunteers at Nossi-Bé
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2 companies of the Régiment Mixte Malgache (RMM - Mixed Madagascar
Regiment) at Ambanja
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1 battalion of the 1er RMM at Majunga
East Coast
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1 battalion of the 1er RMM at Tamatave
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1 artillery section (65mm) at Tamatave
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1 company of the 1er RMM at Brickaville
Centre of the island
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3 battalions of the 1er RMM at Tananarive
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1 motorised reconnaissance detachment at Tananarive
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Emyrne battery at Tananarive
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1 artillery section (65mm) at Tananarive
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1 engineer company at Tananarive
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1 company of the 1er RMM at Mevatanana
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1 company of the BTM at Fianarantsoa
South of the island
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1 company of the BTM at Fort dauphin
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1 company of the BTM at Tuléar
Armée de l'Air Order of Battle,
5 May 1942 [ back to top
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| Groupe Aérien Mixte (Cne Leonetti) |
| Unit |
Aircraft |
Total |
Avail. |
Base |
Commander |
| Esc. 565 |
Morane-Saulnier 406 |
17-18
|
11
|
Ivato-Tananarive |
Cne Baché |
| Esc. 555 |
Potez 63.11 |
6
|
?
|
Ivato-Tananarive |
Lt Le Bouedec |
Note : A small detachment of MS 406 and P 63.11 was permanently stationed
at Diégo Arrachart under Lt Rossigneux (its aircraft are included
in the numbers above). In addition, there were some Potez 25TOE and Potez
29 used mainly in for casualty evacuation.
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La "guérilla" des troupes vichystes à Madasgar en 1942,
Eric NATIVEL, Revue Historique des Armées magazine 1998/1
for the ground forces orbat.
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L'aviation de Vichy au Combat, les Campagnes Oubliées,
vol.1,
Christian-Jacques EHRENGARDT and Christopher SHORES, Paris : Lavauzelle,
1983, for the Armée de l'Air orbat.
