Battle of Damascus (1941)

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battle military engagement

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.

Aliases (1)

Capture of Damascus (1941) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Capture of Damascus (1941) →
belligerent	Allied forces → Vichy French forces →
campaign	Syria–Lebanon campaign →
cityCaptured	Damascus →
combatant	Australian Imperial Force units → British Indian Army units → Free French forces →
conflict	World War II →
conflictType	land battle →
countryInvolved	Australia → Free France → India → United Kingdom → 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 →
objective	seizure of Damascus →
opponent	Vichy French Army of the Levant →
opposedBy	Vichy French colonial troops →
outcome	capture of Damascus by Allied forces →
partOf	Allied invasion of Lebanon → Allied invasion of Syria → Middle Eastern theatre of World War II → Syria–Lebanon campaign →
precededBy	Battle of Jezzine →
region	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Damascus (1941) ("Capture of Damascus (1941)") →	alsoKnownAs
Syrian–Lebanese campaign →	involvedBattle