Battle of Palmyra (1941)
Battle in Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Palmyra (1 July 1941) was part of the Allied invasion of Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II. 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 Palmyra.
For other battles of that name, see Battle of Palmyra.
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Battle of Palmyra | |||||||
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Part of the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II | |||||||
Palmyra occupied by British Commonwealth troops after the battle | |||||||
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John Clark | Ghérardi | ||||||
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1,000 | 300 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
85 killed |
135 killed 165 captured |
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