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SYRIA AND LEBANON 1941

THE ALLIED FIGHT AGAINST THE VICHY FRENCH

Autore: David Sutton

Codice: 228LG015373

€ 21,00

Nota serie curata dallo storico David Chandler. Ogni volume, attraverso 70 foto in bianco e nero, 10 tavole a colori e 3 mappe, fornisce dettagliati resoconti delle varie campagne esaminate. Di notevole interesse per gli appassionati di storia e giocatori di wargame. Ogni volume termina con una breve guida al campo di battaglia oggi.

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A detailed study of the Syrian and Lebanon campaign of World War II.

In June 1941, Australian, British, Indian and Free French forces invaded the Vichy French-controlled mandate of Syria and Lebanon. They faced an enemy that had more artillery, tanks and aircraft. They fought in rocky, mountainous terrain, through barren valleys and across swollen rivers, and soon after the initial advance faced a powerful Vichy French counter-attack on key strategic positions. Despite these difficulties, the Allies prevailed, and in doing so ensured that the territory did not fall into German or pro-German hands, and thus provide a springboard from which Axis forces could attack British oil interests in Iraq, the key territory of Palestine or the Suez Canal. This book examines the high military and political strategy that lay behind the campaign, as well as the experiences and hardships as endured by the men on the ground. The battles in Syria and Lebanon were complex actions, often at the battalion level or below, and this work uses extensive war diaries and available records to make sense of the actions and examine how they affected the wider campaign.

CONTENTS

ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN

CHRONOLOGY

OPPOSING COMMANDERS

- Allies

- Vichy

OPPOSING FORCES

- Allies

- Allied order of battle

- Vichy

- Vichy order of battle

OPPOSING PLANS

- Allies

- Vichy

THE CAMPAIGN

- Coastal column, 7-15 June 1941

- The war in the air and on the sea

- Central column, 7-15 June 1941

- Right column, 7-15 June 1941

- The Vichy French counter-attack

- Taking Damascus

- Continued fighting at Merdjayoun and Jezzine

- Mopping up around Damascus

- North Syria and Palmyra

- Attacks along the Euphrates

- The final push on the coast

- The Battle of Damour

- The war at sea

AFTERMATH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

 

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

Riccamente illustrato a colori e in bianco e nero

Pagine

96

Misure

18 x 25

ISBN
9781472843845