Syrian–Lebanese campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Syrian–Lebanese campaign was a World War II Allied military operation in 1941 to seize control of Syria and Lebanon from Vichy French forces and secure the Eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Syria–Lebanon campaign	24
Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon	6
Syria–Lebanon Campaign	5
Syrian–Lebanese campaign canonical	3
Allied invasion of Syria	2
Syria–Lebanon Campaign of 1941	2
Allied campaign in Syria–Lebanon	1
Allied invasion of Lebanon	1
Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon	1
Allied occupation of Lebanon	1
Allied occupation of Syria	1
Allied occupation of Syria and Lebanon	1
Allied occupation of the Levant	1
Battle of Beirut (1941)	1
Levant campaign	1
Syrian campaign (1941)	1
Syria–Lebanon front	1
end of the Syria–Lebanon campaign	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign of 1941 Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ India ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Vichy ⓘ surface form: Vichy France
casualties	thousands of combined casualties on both sides ⓘ
commander	Georges Catroux ⓘ Henri Dentz ⓘ Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
dateOfArmistice	1941-07-14 ⓘ
endDate	1941-07-14 ⓘ
followedBy	Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation of the Levant
involvedBattle	Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Beirut (1941) Battle of Damascus (1941) ⓘ Battle of Damour ⓘ Battle of Deir ez-Zor ⓘ Battle of Jezzine ⓘ Battle of Kissoué ⓘ Battle of Merdjayoun ⓘ Battle of Palmyra ⓘ
location	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Syria ⓘ
objective	prevent Axis use of Syrian and Lebanese territory ⓘ secure the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ seize control of Lebanon from Vichy France ⓘ seize control of Syria from Vichy France ⓘ
opponent	Vichy French forces ⓘ
partOf	Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Iraq campaign (1941) ⓘ surface form: Anglo–Iraqi War
relatedEvent	Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) ⓘ surface form: Free French declaration of Lebanese independence (1941) Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) ⓘ
result	Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation of Lebanon Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation of Syria Allied victory ⓘ Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre ⓘ
startDate	1941-06-08 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Levantine coastline ⓘ denial of airfields to the Axis ⓘ protection of Allied lines of communication to the Suez Canal ⓘ
theatre	Middle East ⓘ

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Free French Forces → participatedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

FFL → participatedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Free French Forces

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → alsoKnownAs → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → alsoKnownAs → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign of 1941

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → alsoKnownAs → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → result → Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Syria

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → result → Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Lebanon

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → involvedBattle → Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Beirut (1941)

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → followedBy → Syrian–Lebanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of the Levant

Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Middle East Command → engagedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Middle East theatre of World War II → hasPart → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Iraq campaign (1941) → relatedTo → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Vichy French forces → engagedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Damascus (1941) → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Damascus (1941) → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria

Battle of Damascus (1941) → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Lebanon

Battle of Damascus (1941) → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) → madeDuring → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Syria and Lebanon

Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

Leslie Morshead → participatedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian campaign (1941)

Arab Legion → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied campaign in Syria–Lebanon

Battle of Kissoué → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Kissoué → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

Battle of Kissoué → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon

Battle of Jezzine → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Battle of Jezzine → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

Battle of Jezzine → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Battle of Merdjayoun → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign

Battle of Merdjayoun → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

Battle of Merdjayoun → campaignTheatre → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon front

Battle of Palmyra → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Palmyra → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Deir ez-Zor → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Deir ez-Zor → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria

Battle of Deir ez-Zor → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant campaign

Battle of Deir ez-Zor → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Damour → conflict → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Damour → partOf → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

Battle of Damour → campaign → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of Damour → contributedTo → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: end of the Syria–Lebanon campaign

Ninth Army → engagedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Henri Dentz → participatedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon

Henri Dentz → participatedIn → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

French State (Vichy regime) → hadMilitaryEngagement → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

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7th Australian Division → engagement → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Second Australian Imperial Force → engagement → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Levantine campaign → alsoKnownAs → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign

Levantine campaign → alsoKnownAs → Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria–Lebanon Campaign of 1941