Dimitri’s Reviews > Invasion Syria, 1941: Churchill and de Gaulle's Forgotten War > Status Update
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8-20 june. A mobile attack by 3 historial invasion routes, one supported by strong naval artillery, rapidly turned the flanks of the static defence towards Damascus.
— Jun 15, 2016 11:53PM
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the origins of the Syrian campaign lie not only in the geostrategy towards the Suez Canal, but also De Gaulle's need for a territory to embody the Free France. Amidst Arab famine unrest, mass decomission by Vichy (45.000 out of 80.000) and the exodus of pro-British men (ca. 900), the Levant Army improvised a valuable Armoured Brigade out of Dodge truck chassis and set to improving its remaining units.
— Jun 13, 2016 11:49PM
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the British blockade of the Levant Fleet, epitomised by the sinking at Mers-El-Kebir, severely tested the allied loyalty of the Levant Army in the face of Vichy's capitulation order.
— Jun 11, 2016 02:01AM
