Families left the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 70s to make way for a US Air Force base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the group of islands.

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called ”Footprint of Freedom,” is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos Island chain in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important and ...

The island’s location, as shown in the Google Maps screenshot below, offers great strategic value to America both for defense and offense. Diego Garcia (Google Maps) The base is a difficult ...