ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN
CHRONOLOGY
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
- Allies
- Vichy
OPPOSING FORCES
- Allies
- Allied order of battle
- Vichy
- Vichy order of battle
OPPOSING PLANS
- Allies
- Vichy
THE CAMPAIGN
- Coastal column, 7–15 June 1941
- The war in the air and on the sea
- Central column, 7–15 June 1941
- Right column, 7–15 June 1941
- The Vichy French counter-attack
- Taking Damascus
- Continued fighting at Merdjayoun and Jezzine
- Mopping up around Damascus
- North Syria and Palmyra
- Attacks along the Euphrates
- The final push on the coast
- The Battle of Damour
- The war at sea
AFTERMATH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
A detailed study of the Syrian and Lebanon campaign of World War II.
Dr David Sutton is a historian in the Military History
Section at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. He
specializes in World War II, in particular the early stages of the
Nazi–Soviet War, and Australian actions in Europe, the Middle East
and North Africa. His doctoral thesis focused on operations
Barbarossa and Typhoon, in particular, Hitler’s drive towards
Moscow in 1941.
Graham Turner is a leading historical artist. He has
illustrated numerous titles for Osprey, covering a wide variety of
subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the
Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the
daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century. The son
of the illustrator Michael Turner, Graham lives and works in
Buckinghamshire, UK.
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