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The Battle of Beirut (12 July 1941) marked the end of hostilities in the Syria–Lebanon campaign of World War II.. The campaign saw the initial Allied deployment of 2 brigades of the Australian 7th Division, a brigade from the 1st British Cavalry Division, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade which was deployed immediately from Eritrea after the surrender of the Duke of Aosta, several armoured and ...
Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...
The Battle of Palmyra was part of the Allied invasion of Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II that took place from 21 June to 2 July 1941. British mechanised cavalry and an Arab Legion desert patrol broke up a Vichy French mobile column north-east of the city of Palmyra. This provoked the surrender of the Vichy garrison at ...
1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon; Hundred Days' War (part of the Lebanese Civil War) 1978 South Lebanon conflict (also known as Operation Litani, part of the Lebanese Civil War) Battle of Zahleh (part of the Lebanese Civil War) Mountain War (part of the Lebanese Civil War) War of the Camps (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
The Syria–Lebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the invasion of Syria and Lebanon (then controlled by Nazi Germany) in June and July 1941 by British Empire forces, during the Second World War.
This is a timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The declaration is usually the act of delivering a performative speech or the presentation of a signed document by an authorized party of a national government in order to create a state of war ...
1941: Soviet defenders at the Battle of Rostov, Commonwealth troops of South Asian descent operate an anti-aircraft gun during the Western Desert campaign, a British torpedo bomber returns from attacking the German battleship Bismarck, an American battleship burns after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The allies kept the region under control until the end of World War II. The last French troops withdrew in 1946. Lebanon's history since independence has been marked by alternating periods of political stability and turmoil interspersed with prosperity built on Beirut's position as a freely trading regional center for finance and trade.