Battle of Damascus (1941)

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The Battle of Damascus (1941) was a key World War II engagement in the Middle Eastern theatre, in which Allied forces captured the Vichy French–held city of Damascus during the Syria–Lebanon campaign.

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Battle of Damascus (1941) canonical 5
Capture of Damascus (1941) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Damascus (1941)
surface form: Capture of Damascus (1941)
belligerent Allied forces
Vichy French forces
campaign Syrian–Lebanese campaign
surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
cityCaptured Damascus
combatant Australian Imperial Force units
British Indian Army
surface form: British Indian Army units

Free French Forces
surface form: Free French forces
conflict World War II
conflictType land battle
countryInvolved Australia
Free France
India
United Kingdom
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
date 21 June 1941
June 1941
followedBy Battle of Damour
Battle of Palmyra
historicalContext Allied efforts to deny Axis use of Syrian airfields
Vichy control of French Mandate territories
location Damascus
Syria
militaryTheatre Levant region
surface form: Levant
objective seizure of Damascus
opponent Vichy French forces
surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant
opposedBy Vichy French forces
surface form: Vichy French colonial troops
outcome capture of Damascus by Allied forces
partOf Syrian–Lebanese campaign
surface form: Allied invasion of Lebanon

Syrian–Lebanese campaign
surface form: Allied invasion of Syria

Middle East theatre of World War II
surface form: Middle Eastern theatre of World War II

Syrian–Lebanese campaign
surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
precededBy Battle of Jezzine
region French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
relatedEvent Battle of Beirut (1941)
Battle of Kissoué
Battle of Merdjayoun
result Allied victory
significance contributed to collapse of Vichy resistance in Syria
key engagement in securing Syria for the Allies
strategicImportance control of communications in Syria
securing Allied position in the Levant
theatre Middle East
timePeriod 1940s
20th century

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Syrian–Lebanese campaign involvedBattle Battle of Damascus (1941)
Battle of Damascus (1941) alsoKnownAs Battle of Damascus (1941)
this entity surface form: Capture of Damascus (1941)
Battle of Kissoué relatedEvent Battle of Damascus (1941)
Battle of Palmyra relatedEvent Battle of Damascus (1941)
Levantine campaign notableBattle Battle of Damascus (1941)
Battle of Beirut (1941) relatedTo Battle of Damascus (1941)