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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Generate an image of Battle of Damascus (1941) (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 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 ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

Free French forces ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
objective seizure of Damascus ⓘ
opponent Vichy French Army of the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Vichy French forces
opposedBy Vichy French colonial troops ⓘ
linked to: Vichy French forces
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 ⓘ

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

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of Damascus (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Damascus (1941) → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Damascus (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Battle 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) ⓘ