naval engagement, interwar and Second World War
Battle of La Réunion
Battle of La Réunion was a naval engagement fought on 28 November 1942 at Saint-Denis, in what is now France. It was part of the Indian Ocean in World War II. The recorded result: Free French victory.
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Record
| Date | 28 November 1942 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Saint-Denis, France 20.939S, 55.287E | |
| Kind | Naval engagement, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Capture of the Virgin of the Cape 1721, 18 km E
- Action of 13 September 1810 1810, 67 km SW
- Battle of Grand Port 1810, 262 km E
- Battle of Tamatave 1811, 681 km NW
- Battle of Madagascar 1942, 1157 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Christmas Island 31 March 1942
Elsewhere in 1942
- Battle of Stalingrad Russia
- Battle of Midway United States
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt
- First Battle of El Alamein Egypt
Battle of La Réunion is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871520, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Réunion, revision 1375934720, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.