United States intervention in Lebanon (1958)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_intervention_in_Lebanon_(1958)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Eisenhower_Doctrine
gptkbp:casualties	1 U.S. killed in action 3 U.S. wounded unknown Lebanese casualties
gptkbp:cause	to prevent the spread of Nasserism and communism to support the pro-Western Lebanese government
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Camille_Chamoun gptkb:Fuad_Chehab
gptkbp:date	15 July 1958 – 25 October 1958
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States intervention in Lebanon (1958)
gptkbp:internationalInvolvement	gptkb:United_Nations_Observation_Group_in_Lebanon
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Lebanon
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Sixth_Fleet gptkb:Task_Force_62 24th Airborne Brigade 2nd Provisional Marine Force Task Force 201
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	about 14,000 U.S. troops
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Blue_Bat
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Syria gptkb:United_Arab_Republic gptkb:Lebanese_opposition
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:1958_Lebanon_crisis
gptkbp:presidentOfLebanon	gptkb:Camille_Chamoun
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Iraqi_Revolution_of_1958
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Eisenhower_Doctrine gptkb:Arab_Cold_War
gptkbp:result	U.S. and Lebanese government victory
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Fuad_Chehab
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:France gptkb:Italy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lebanon_intervention
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7