Show Madagascar Guards Vital Supply Routes -I 300 MlLCS I ft (Mm taj9Apt 8wn V Comoro 1. ' VAl Miili1(iwiT (J"" Tananarive rS. J (VjjY ) INDIAN T J. f-; OCEAN I SHADED ARA SHOWS COMPARATIVC I SrZ Of NEW YORK STATE The above map depicts the size of the French island of Madagascar by comparing it with the area of New York state. Madagascar's importance im-portance to the United Nations lies in the fact that bases on the island control the supply lines to India and the Middle East. British occupation forestalled a possible Axis move in that direction. . |