[Australia]: Operation Anode (RAMPF)

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REGIONAL ASSISTANCE MISSION TO PACIFIC FRANCE​

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OPERATION ANODE​

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Objective:	Support local authorities in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna in maintaining law and order.
Date:	20 March 2001 - 4 April 2001
Location:	New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna
Status:	Cancelled

BELLIGERENTS​

Australia Australian Army Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Air Force Australian Federal Police France French Army National Gendarmarie Territorial Guards of Wallis and Futuna

Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front Rioters Unorganised Militias

COMMANDERS AND LEADERS​

Kim Beazley (Prime Minister) John Faulkner (Minister for Defence) Ros Kelly (Minister for Home Affairs) Admiral Chris Barrie (Chief of the Defence Force) Rear Admiral Chris Oxenbould (Chief of Joint Operations) Lieutenant General Peter Cosgrove (Chief of Army) Vice Admiral David Shackleton (Chief of Navy) Air Marshal Ray Funnell (Chief of Air Force) Commissioner Tony Negus (Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police) Jacques Chirac (President) Alain Richard (Minister for Defence) Dominique de Villepin (Minister of the Interior and Security)

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STRENGTH​

Australia: None France: 880 National Gendarmarie officers (New Caledonia) 540 National Gendarmarie officers (French Polynesia) 100 French Army personnel (New Caledonia) 22 Territorial Guards of Wallis and Futuna 2 National Gendarmarie officers (Wallis and Futuna)

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CASUALTIES AND LOSSES​

None

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