1958 US military intervention in Lebanon

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The 1958 US military intervention in Lebanon was a Cold War-era deployment of American forces to support the pro-Western Lebanese government amid internal political crisis and regional tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
United States military operation ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
aim demonstrate US commitment to Middle East allies ⓘ
deter external intervention in Lebanon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Blue Bat ⓘ
armyStrength approximately 6000 US Army soldiers ⓘ
authorizedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
casualties low US combat casualties ⓘ
ceasefire political settlement brokered with US support ⓘ
commander Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
conflict Lebanese political crisis of 1958 ⓘ
context formation of the United Arab Republic ⓘ
regional influence of Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
countryInvolved Lebanon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endDate 1958-10-25 ⓘ
legalBasis Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ
location Beirut ⓘ
Beirut International Airport ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
marineStrength approximately 8000 US Marines ⓘ
militaryCommander Admiral James L. Holloway Jr. ⓘ
General Paul D. Adams ⓘ
notableUnit 24th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
2nd Provisional Marine Force ⓘ
Task Force 201 ⓘ
operationType amphibious landing ⓘ
show of force ⓘ
opposedIdeology Arab nationalism ⓘ
Nasserism ⓘ
pan-Arabism ⓘ
participatingBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy 1958 Iraqi Revolution ⓘ
reason prevent perceived communist expansion ⓘ
stabilize internal political crisis in Lebanon ⓘ
support pro-Western Lebanese government ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ
result election of Fouad Chehab as president of Lebanon ⓘ
peaceful withdrawal of US forces ⓘ
stabilization of Lebanese government ⓘ
startDate 1958-07-15 ⓘ
supportedGovernment Government of Camille Chamoun ⓘ
linked to: Camille Chamoun
supportedLeader Camille Chamoun ⓘ
troopStrength approximately 14000 US troops ⓘ

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Lebanon–United States relations → USInvolvementEvent → 1958 US military intervention in Lebanon ⓘ