Battle of Jezzine

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Jezzine was a World War II engagement in June 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon, in which Australian and other Allied forces fought to secure the strategic town of Jezzine in southern Lebanon.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Jezzine canonical 5

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Australian military history ⓘ
history of Lebanon in World War II ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
campaign Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign
combatant 2/25th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
2/31st Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
7th Australian Division ⓘ
surface form: 7th Division (Australia)

Australian Army ⓘ
Vichy French forces ⓘ
surface form: Vichy French Army
conflict Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign
conflictSide Allies of World War II ⓘ
French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France in World War II
conflictType land battle ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
date June 1941 ⓘ
endDate 14 June 1941 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followedBy advance on Damour ⓘ
front Levant front of World War II ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s ⓘ
involved Allied forces ⓘ
Vichy French forces ⓘ
surface form: Vichy French colonial troops
location Jezzine ⓘ
southern Lebanon ⓘ
militaryOperation Allied advance towards Beirut ⓘ
notableFor Australian infantry assault on fortified positions ⓘ
objective capture of Jezzine ⓘ
securing approach to Beirut ⓘ
opponent Vichy French forces ⓘ
surface form: Vichy French forces in Lebanon
partOf Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Merdjayoun ⓘ
region Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 13 June 1941 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of road between Sidon and Beirut ⓘ
theatre Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of Jezzine ⓘ
Battle of Damascus (1941) → precededBy → Battle of Jezzine ⓘ
Battle of Kissoué → relatedEvent → Battle of Jezzine ⓘ
Battle of Merdjayoun → relatedEvent → Battle of Jezzine ⓘ
Battle of Damour → precededBy → Battle of Jezzine ⓘ