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Syria-Lebanon Campaign (1941)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Syria-Lebanon_Campaign_(1941)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Exporter
gptkbp:casualties
Allied: ~2,000 killed or missing
Vichy French: ~6,000 killed or missing
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Henri_Dentz
gptkb:Paul_Legentilhomme
gptkb:Henry_Maitland_Wilson
gptkbp:endDate
14 July 1941
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Lebanon_and_Syria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Syria-Lebanon Campaign (1941)
gptkbp:involves
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Australian_forces
gptkb:Indian_forces
gptkb:Vichy_French_forces
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Iraq_Campaign_(1941)
gptkbp:purpose
to prevent Axis powers from using Syria and Lebanon as bases
gptkbp:result
Allied victory
gptkbp:significance
secured the Middle East for the Allies
gptkbp:startDate
8 June 1941
gptkbp:treaty
gptkb:Armistice_of_Saint_Jean_d'Acre
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Henri_Dentz
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6