Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
mmeri ndị Briten meriri Malaya na Dutch East Indies ná mmalite afọ 1942 meghere ụzọ maka ọganihu ndị Japan n'Oké Osimiri India. Agwaetiti Madagascar nke ndị Vichy France na-achịkwa guzo n'etiti ụzọ nkwukọrịta n'etiti India na UK na ndị Britain na-echegbu onwe ha na ndị France ga-ekwenye na ha bi n'agwaetiti ahụ dịka ha mere na ndị Japan bi na French Indochina na 1940. Iji gbochie nke a chọrọ mwakpo nke Diego Suarez nke e mere atụmatụ maka Mee 1942. "Illustrious" nwere ọrụ ya ka ọ kwụsị na March 19 iji kwadebe isonye na Eastern Fleet na Indian Ocean ma sonye na mwakpo ahụ. O jiri ụgbọ mmiri Swordfish iri abụọ na otu, Martlet IIs itoolu nke 881 Squadron na Martlet Is isii nke 882 Squadron, na ndị agha Fulmar abụọ tupu ha eburu ndị agha na-ebu ụfọdụ n'ime ndị ikom e kenyere maka mwakpo ahụ. Ọkụ nke ọkụ ọkụ malitere na Eprel 2 nke bibiri ụgbọ elu iri na otu ma gbuo otu onye ọrụ, mana enweghị ike imebi nnukwu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. A rụziri ya na Freetown, Sierra Leone, ebe a gbanwere ụgbọelu ya bibiri ma gbakwunye ya na ndị agha iri na abụọ Martlet II sitere na HMS "Archer", ebe ụgbọelu Martlet I abụọ, na-agafe na "Archer", na-eweta ngụkọta ụgbọ elu nke "Illustrious" na 47. Mgbe ọ nọsịrị na Freetown, "Illustrious" gara Durban; n'oge njem ya ndị ọrụ ya tinyekwara radar ASV na Swordfish. Otu Martlet I nwere nku ndị a na-atụgharị.