Army of the French Mandate of Syria

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colonial army military organization

The Army of the French Mandate of Syria was the colonial-era military force organized and commanded by France in Syria and Lebanon after World War I, which later formed the core of the modern Syrian armed forces.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Vichy French Army of the Levant	4
Army of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon	1
Army of the French Mandate in Lebanon	1
Army of the French Mandate of Syria canonical	1
Armée du Levant	1
Vichy French Levant Army	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Special Troops of the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Troupes spéciales du Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandLanguage	French ⓘ
controlledBy	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedAs	French forces withdrew from Syria ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
engagedIn	Great Syrian Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ border security operations ⓘ internal uprisings in Syria ⓘ
followedBy	Lebanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
formed	after World War I ⓘ
garrison	Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedBranch	artillery ⓘ auxiliary troops ⓘ cavalry ⓘ gendarmerie ⓘ infantry ⓘ
influenced	organization of the Lebanese Army ⓘ organization of the Syrian Army ⓘ
legacy	formed core of modern Lebanese armed forces ⓘ formed core of modern Syrian armed forces ⓘ
legalBasis	League of Nations Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	French High Commission in the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	French Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Ottoman military forces in Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	internal security ⓘ support of French colonial rule ⓘ territorial defense ⓘ
recruitedFrom	French NCOs ⓘ French officers ⓘ local Lebanese population ⓘ local Syrian population ⓘ
startTime	1920 ⓘ
subordinateTo	French High Commissioner in Syria and Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ French Ministry of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
trainingDoctrine	French military doctrine ⓘ
uniformStyle	French colonial style uniforms ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom	France NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Syrian Arab Army → origin → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

Battle of Merdjayoun → belligerent → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant

Lebanese Armed Forces → origin → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of the French Mandate in Lebanon

Battle of Palmyra → opponent → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant

Battle of Deir ez-Zor → opposingForce → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armée du Levant

Battle of Damour → involvedForce → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant

Syrian Armed Forces → precededBy → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Levantine campaign → involvedMilitaryForce → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant

Battle of Beirut (1941) → opposedBy → Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French Levant Army