Chronology of World War II

Friday, June 6th


Operation EXPORTER: The Syria-Lebanon Campaign


Operation E<small>XPORTER</small>: The Syria-Lebanon Campaign
Movement of Allied forces into Syria and Lebanon, June 8 to July 14, 1941. Australians comprised the largest number of Allied com­ba­tants (18,000 men), followed by British (9,000), French (5,000), and Indian (2,000) forces. On the Vichy side there were 8,000 French and 25,000 Syrians and Lebanese.