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rdfs:label
  • Syria–Lebanon Campaign
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Strength
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 6
  • 50
  • 90
  • 289
  • 45000
  • Approximately 34,000 troopsref|18,000 Australians, 9,000 British, 2,000 Indian and 5,000 Free French.|group=nb
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accessdate
  • 2009-10-14
  • 2009-11-06
Partof
  • Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of the Second World War
Date
  • 1946-08-13
  • 1946-08-20
  • --06-08
Commander
  • Archibald Wavell
  • Henri Dentz
  • Henry Maitland Wilson
  • John Lavarack
Caption
  • Hammana, September 1941. With terrain typical of the region in the background, Maj. Gen. A. S. Allen , commander of the Australian 7th Division, inspects some of his men. British Commonwealth units garrisoned Lebanon and Syria for several months, following the end of the campaign.
Issue
  • 37685
  • 37695
supp
  • y
startpage
  • 4093
  • 4215
Casualties
  • 27
  • 179
  • 6352
  • ~4,052 casualtiesref|1,552 Australian casualties (416 killed and 1,136 wounded). ~1,300 Free French casualties. 1,200 British and Indian casualties. A further 3,150 Australians fell sick during the campaign, this figure has been excluded from the battle casualties.|group=nb
Result
  • Free French control of Syria and Lebanon, shortly followed by their independence
  • Allied victory
combatant
  • Czechoslovakia
  • --06-15
  • * British India * * Transjordan
Place
  • Syria and Lebanon
Conflict
  • Syria–Lebanon campaign
endpage
  • 4102
  • 4230
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