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Syria and Lebanon 1941: The Allied Fight against the Vichy French
By (author) Dr David Sutton, Illustrated by Graham Turner
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A detailed study of the Syrian and Lebanon campaign of World War II. In June 1941, Australian, British, Indian and Free French forces invaded the Vichy French-controlled mandate of Syria and Lebanon. They faced an enemy that had more artillery, tanks and aircraft. They fought in rocky, mountainous terrain, through barren valleys and across swollen rivers, and soon after the initial advance faced a powerful Vichy French counter-attack on key strategic positions. Despite these difficulties, the Allies prevailed, and in doing so ensured that the territory did not fall into German or pro-German hands, and thus provide a springboard from which Axis forces could attack British oil interests in Iraq, the key territory of Palestine or the Suez Canal. This book examines the high military and political strategy that lay behind the campaign, as well as the experiences and hardships as endured by the men on the ground. The battles in Syria and Lebanon were complex actions, often at the battalion level or below, and this work uses extensive war diaries and available records to make sense of the actions and examine how they affected the wider campaign.
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 17 Feb 2022
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 96
Dimensions | 246 x 182 x 6mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 310g
ISBN | 978-1-4728-4384-5
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BISAC | history / military / world war ii
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