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Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government. The Ch
Aerial photograph of Diego Garcia
Coconut plantation, East Point (former main settlement)
An unnamed Chagossian photographed by a US National Geodetic Survey team in 1971
Barachois Maurice, Diego Garcia
The British Indian Ocean Territory is a British Overseas Territory situated in the Indian Ocean. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands,
Diego Garcia
…the Napoleonic Wars, the island was transferred to British control. It remained part of Mauritius until 1965, when it became part of the newly formed British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). In 1966, Diego Garcia had a population of 924, mostly contract workers employed in coconut plantations. However, between 1968 and 1973, the…
Views of the Chagos Archipelago from lieutenant Archibald Blair, 1787.
Royal Air Force base at Diego Garcia during World War II.
British diplomatic cable signed by D.A. Greenhill, 1966, relating to the depopulation of the Chagos Archipelago.